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thiopentone

thiopentone noun: thiopental.

Noun

thiopentone (uncountable)

  1. Thiopental.
    • The anaesthetic technique that was used at PMH at that time was safe and simple – but limited. It consisted of an initial injection of thiopentone (pentothal) to put the person to sleep. (Many older people will remember having been asked to count to ten as they were given such an injection.)...2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 29

Origin of thiopentone

From thio- + pentone.

Questions about thiopentone

What does thiopentone mean?
Thiopentone means thiopental.
What part of speech is thiopentone?
Thiopentone is a noun.

Words near thiopentone in the dictionary

  1. thionylamines
  2. thionylchloride
  3. thionyls
  4. thiopanic acid
  5. thiopental
  6. thiopentone
  7. thiopeptide
  8. thiopeptides
  9. thiopeptin
  10. thiopeptins
  11. thiopeptolide

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