thiopental
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9.9
- noun
- /θaɪəˈpɛntəl/
- Specialized
:
tiopental
- Sodium thiopental is commonly administered intravenously as a general anesthetic before surgery.
- sodium thiopental
Examples
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I have become a bit of a pharmaceutical expert but if you take the proper dose of Phenobarbital and a little bit of. Thiopental, you lace it with a few other things, and you give that shot it stops all human motor function.
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The poison—later I found out it was potassium chloride, to stop his heart—had been injected before the thiopental.
Fiction book (1999) -
sodium thiopental for sedation purposes.
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Even if they were 'guilty', so is the guy who injected those people with Sodium Thiopental.
Blog text (24) -
Looks like the sodium thiopental's really kicking in, huh?
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LOOMIS: A shot of sodium thiopental would render him unconscious.
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Increasing her thiopental.
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This is sodium thiopental.
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BRENDA : Sodium thiopental.
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The animals were euthanized with 50 mg/kg sodium thiopental (Pental, E Ulugay, Turkey).
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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8.7
A fast-acting drug that makes a person unconscious for surgery
A strong medicine given into a vein to make a person sleep for surgery
A fast-acting drug that makes people or animals unconscious for surgery
Compounds
- Specialized
A strong medicine given into a vein to make a person sleep for surgery
Surface Forms
Morphology
thiopental = thio + pental
Although built from the combining form 'thio-' (sulfur) and a non‑standalone chemical stem, the word is a technical drug name and its meaning (an anesthetic) cannot be derived by a B1 learner from the component parts.
Etymology
The word thiopental starts with the chemical prefix thio-, which means 'sulfur', so the name tells you this drug contains sulfur. It belongs to a group of fast-acting sleeping drugs, which is why thiopental is used to make a person sleep quickly for anesthesia.