halothane
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- noun
- /ˈhæloʊθeɪn/
- Specialized
:
halotano
- Many hospitals prefer halothane as an inhalation anesthetic for its effectiveness during procedures.
- halothane inhalation anesthetic
Examples
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During the surgery, the doctors used halothane to ensure the patient remained unconscious and pain-free.
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In veterinary medicine, halothane is commonly used to anesthetize animals before surgery.
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We use different kinds, but now we're using halothane.
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All children younger than 6 years and those who were uncooperative were administered general anesthesia with halothane.
Academic text (2002) -
The patient had developed bronchospasm, and halothane was switched on instead of isoflurane, and asthalin puffs were given via the endotracheal tube.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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4.9
A drug that makes part of the body stop feeling pain during medical treatment
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8.4
A clear, strong-smelling liquid once used to make patients sleep during surgery
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4.1
A drug that puts you to sleep and stops you feeling pain during an operation
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8.4
A liquid that is breathed in during surgery to make a person sleep and feel no pain
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A colorless gas that burns easily and is sometimes used 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
A liquid doctors give by breathing to make people sleep during surgery
A liquid doctors give to make people unconscious during surgery by breathing it
A clear liquid that catches fire easily and was used to make people sleep during surgery and to dissolve substances
A clear, very flammable liquid once breathed in to make people sleep for surgery
A colorless, very flammable liquid once used to make patients unconscious by breathing it
A liquid chemical also called chloroform, once used to make people sleep during surgery
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Halothane comes from the chemistry prefix halo-, used for elements like chlorine and fluorine, and the ending -thane, from ethane, a simple 'gas'. So halothane is an ethane molecule with those atoms added, which is why it is a nonflammable gas doctors use to put patients 'to sleep' for surgery.