benumber

noun

benumber

noun

Etymology From benumb + -er.

1

One who, or that which benumbs; a numbing agent.

As a benumber or topical anodyne it is much inferior to aconite, hence in neuralgia the latter is greatly to be preferred.1877, The Monthly Review of Dental Surgery, page 64:

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