enflurane
- noun
- /ˈɛnflʊˌreɪn/
- Specialized
- During the medical conference, the doctor explained how enflurane serves as an effective inhalation anesthetic.
Examples
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Many hospitals prefer enflurane because it is a nonflammable liquid, making it safer for use in surgeries.
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The dissociative nature of inhalational anesthetic agents, such as enflurane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane, and the management of the metal cost of Cialis.
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The surgeon used enflurane during the operation to ensure the patient remained unconscious and pain-free.
Synonyms
A medicine that people breathe to make them sleep for surgery
A liquid that is breathed in during surgery to make a person sleep and feel no pain
A liquid doctors give by breathing to make people sleep during surgery
A gas you breathe to make you sleep and not feel pain during surgery
A gas or vapor you breathe to make you sleep during surgery
Surface Forms
Etymology
Enflurane is made from chemical parts: the fluor part (as in fluoride) points to the 'fluorine' in the compound, the -ane ending is common in names of simple gases and liquids, and the en- is a short chemical prefix; so a helpful way to remember enflurane is that it is a fluorine-containing liquid used as an inhaled anesthetic in surgery.