"Propoxycaine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A local anesthetic of the ester type that has a rapid onset of action and a longer duration of action than procaine hydrochloride. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1017)
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D011430
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D02.241.223.100.050.500.937 D02.241.223.100.300.350.687 D02.241.511.390.350.687 D02.455.426.559.389.127.020.937.937 D02.455.426.559.389.127.281.350.687
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Topical anesthesia during infant eye examinations: does it reduce stress? Ann Ophthalmol. 1993 Dec; 25(12):436-9.