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MeSH Heading: Benzocaine
Tree Number(s): D02.241.223.100.050.500.643; D02.455.426.559.389.127.020.937.687
Unique ID: D001566
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001566
Scope Note: A surface anesthetic that acts by preventing transmission of impulses along NERVE FIBERS and at NERVE ENDINGS.
Entry Term(s): 4-Aminobenzoic Acid Ethyl Ester; Americaine; Anaesthesin; Anesthesin; Bensokain; Benzocaine Acetate; Benzocaine Formate; Benzocaine Hydrobromide; Benzocaine Hydrochloride; Benzocaine Methanesulfonate; Ethoform; Ethyl Aminobenzoate
Pharm Action: Anesthetics, Local
Related Numbers: 115008-66-7; 129781-06-2; 23239-88-5; 37673-45-3; 37673-46-4; 94-09-7; OG625Z9LEO
CAS Type 1 Name: Benzoic acid, 4-amino-, ethyl ester
Public MeSH Note: 65; was ETHYL AMINOBENZOATE 1963-64
History Note: 65; was ETHYL AMINOBENZOATE 1963-64
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/07/05

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Concept UI: M0002353
Related Numbers: 115008-66-7; 129781-06-2; 23239-88-5; 37673-45-3; 37673-46-4; 94-09-7; OG625Z9LEO
Scope Note: A surface anesthetic that acts by preventing transmission of impulses along NERVE FIBERS and at NERVE ENDINGS.
Terms: Benzocaine Preferred Term
Term UI T004541
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Ethyl Aminobenzoate
Term UI T004543
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); 4-Aminobenzoic Acid Ethyl Ester
Term UI T004545
Date03/12/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Bensokain
Term UI T004548
Date01/21/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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