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WHO naming stem · suffix · 62 listed names

-caine

local anaesthetics

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -caine as a part of a name. It has nothing on uses, doses, side effects or interactions of any medicine that carries it, and nothing here is medical advice. Ask a pharmacist or doctor about the medicine itself.

Where it sits in a name

WHO writes the stem as -caine. So the letters caine sit at the end of the name (…caine).

All 62 names WHO lists under -caine

These are the INN in group (a) of Part IV of the stem book: names in which WHO says the stem is used as defined. The stem is marked where WHO places it. A-Z as WHO lists them.

  1. ambucaine
  2. amoxecaine
  3. aptocaine
  4. articaine
  5. benzocaine
  6. betoxycaine
  7. bucricaine
  8. bumecaine
  9. bupivacaine
  10. butacaine
  11. butanilicaine
  12. carticaine
  13. chloroprocaine
  14. cinchocaine
  15. clibucaine
  16. clodacaine
  17. clormecaine
  18. cyclomethycaine
  19. dexivacaine
  20. diamocaine
  21. edronocaine
  22. elucaine
  23. etidocaine
  24. fexicaine
  25. fomocaine
  26. hexylcaine
  27. hydroxyprocaine
  28. hydroxytetracaine
  29. ipravacaine
  30. ketocaine
  31. leucinocaine
  32. levobupivacaine
  33. lidocaine
  34. lotucaine
  35. mepivacaine
  36. meprylcaine
  37. myrtecaine
  38. octacaine
  39. oxetacaine
  40. oxybuprocaine
  41. paridocaine
  42. phenacaine
  43. pinolcaine
  44. pramocaine
  45. pribecaine
  46. prilocaine
  47. procaine
  48. propanocaine
  49. propipocaine
  50. propoxycaine
  51. proxymetacaine
  52. pyrrocaine
  53. quatacaine
  54. quinisocaine
  55. risocaine
  56. rodocaine
  57. ropivacaine
  58. tetracaine
  59. tolycaine
  60. trapencaine
  61. trimecaine
  62. vadocaine

Decode another name

Decoded

elucaine

Listed INNCarries 2 WHO stems, most specific first: -caine …

  • -caineend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: local anaesthetics
  • -cain-inside the nameWHO definition: class I antiarrhythmics, procainamide and lidocaine derivatives

“elucaine” is an INN that WHO lists under -caine in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -caine (Part II B) and the 62 names (Part IV, group (a)) are from Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024 (World Health Organization, Stem book 2024 (ISBN 978-92-4-009938-8); covers proposed INN Lists 1-129). Checked .

Adapted from: Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. This adaptation was not created by WHO; WHO is not responsible for its content or accuracy and does not endorse this site. The data file stems.json is shared under the same licence.