tropacocaine
/ˌtrəʊpəkə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/Pharmacology
noun
An alkaloid having effects similar to those of cocaine, first isolated from Javanese coca, and (formerly) used as a local or spinal anaesthetic.
- Tropacocaine is a tropane alkaloid which is the benzoyl ester of a stereoisomer of tropine (pseudotropine). Formula: C15H19NO2..
Origin
Late 19th century. From trop- + -a-, connective element + cocaine.