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pentylenetetrazol

pentylenetetrazol

9.9
A drug that makes the heart beat and breathing work faster and once caused seizures in therapy
  • noun
  • /ˌpɛn.tɪ.lɛn.ɛ.tɛˈtræ.zɒl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pentylenetetrazol
  • Historically, pentylenetetrazol was used to induce convulsions during shock therapy for mental illness.

Examples

  • The doctor prescribed pentylenetetrazol for the patient's respiratory issues.

  • The hospital no longer uses pentylenetetrazol due to the risks associated with its side effects.

  • Researchers tested pentylenetetrazol as a stimulant for patients with respiratory depression.

  • Can you explain how pentylenetetrazol works?

  • Historically, pentylenetetrazol was used to induce convulsions during shock therapy for mental illness.

  • Researchers tested pentylenetetrazol as a stimulant for patients with respiratory depression.

  • The hospital no longer uses pentylenetetrazol due to the risks associated with its side effects.

Synonyms

Metrazol
vspentylenetetrazol
  • Archaic
9.9

A drug once used to cause violent shaking of the body in shock therapy

is the generic chemical name for that same drug
pentamethylenetetrazol
vspentylenetetrazol
  • Archaic
9.9

A drug once used to help breathing and the heart, causing violent body shaking in larger doses

is the same core drug but named in a different chemical form

Surface Forms

pentylenetetrazol singular
pentylenetetrazols plural

Morphology

pentylenetetrazol = pentyl + ene + tetrazole

This is a specialized chemical name assembled from technical combining forms; knowledge of common English words will not allow a learner to infer its pharmacological meaning without chemistry background.

Etymology

Pentylenetetrazol is a scientific name made of chemical parts, where pent- means 'five' and tetra- means 'four', so the name points to groups of five and four in the molecule. So the long name is a way chemists describe the drug's parts, and today pentylenetetrazol is the name of a medicine once used to help breathing and blood flow and to cause convulsions in older shock therapy.