1. to treat or anesthetize with cocaine
Usage: medical/technical; dated
2. to administer cocaine to; to cause to become addicted to cocaine
Usage: informal; dated

Examples

• The surgeon decided to cocainize the patient's nasal passages before the procedure.
• Early anesthesiologists would cocainize the area to numb pain during minor surgery.
• The dentist cocainized the gum tissue to make the extraction painless.
• Historical medical texts describe how doctors would cocainize patients in the late 19th century.
• The local anesthetic effect came from cocainizing the surgical site.