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metomidine

metomidine is the misconstruction of medetomidine.

Meaning of medetomidine

Noun

medetomidine (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic drug used in veterinary and human medicine as both a surgical anesthetic and analgesic, molecular formula C₁₃H₁₆N₂; it is also used as an adulterant of street drugs.
    • Mice were anaesthetized with a mixture of fentanyl (0.05 mg kg -1 ), midazolam (5.0 mg kg -1 ) and medetomidine (0.5 mg kg -1 ).2008 November 12, Sonja B. Hofer, Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel, Tobias Bonhoeffer, Mark Hübener, “Experience leaves a lasting structural trace in cortical circuits”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7227, →DOI

Questions about metomidine

What is metomidine the misconstruction of?
Metomidine is the misconstruction of medetomidine.

Words near metomidine in the dictionary

  1. metolachlor
  2. metolazone
  3. Metolza
  4. Metomen
  5. metomidate
  6. metomidine
  7. metominostrobin
  8. meton.
  9. Metonic
  10. Metonic cycle
  11. Metonic cycles

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