See Also: urethrography(medicine)

amethocaine (iou) and urethrography (medicine)


amethocaine (iou)



amethocaine noun. M20.
[Perh. from Greek amethustus (see AMETHYST) or blend of AMINO- + METHYL: see -O-, -CAINE.]
A cyclic amino ester, C15H24N2O2, related to procaine which is used as a local anaesthetic, esp. in the eye. Also called tetracaine.
? A proprietary name for this substance is PANTOCAIN.

urethrography (medicine)


urethrography
Contrast radiography of the male or female urethra, by retrograde injection or during voiding of contrast medium in the bladder (cystourethrogram).

Origin: urethra + G. Grapho, to write