Pentothal
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- noun
- /ˈpɛnθəˌθɔl/
- Archaic
:
Pentotal
- Willie, are you willing to repeat your statements under sodium pentothal?
- sodium Pentothal
- dose of Pentothal
Examples
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But Ruth is nothing if not a stickler for protocol, so she brings him down to what has become the surgical theater, aggressively replaces his fluids, knocks him out with sodium pentothal, and begins the emergency appendectomy.
Fiction book (1998) -
Are you on sodium pentothal? - No.
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Pentothal must have worn off.
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Pentothal doesn't work on me.
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You've been injected with a highly concentrated dose of sodium pentothal.
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Pentothal, 150 milligrams, quick.
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The only new wrinkle was that, in addition to hypnosis, the army psychiatrists used "truth serum"—sodium pentothal—to achieve the trancelike state.
Academic text (1996) -
During the surgery, the doctor administered Pentothal to ensure the patient was asleep and pain-free.
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The anesthesiologist explained that Pentothal is used for rapid induction of anesthesia before operations.
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After receiving Pentothal, the patient quickly lost consciousness and was ready for the surgery.
Synonyms
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A fast medicine given into a vein to make a person sleep before surgery
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A drug doctors give to make a person unconscious before surgery
A fast-acting drug that makes people or animals unconscious for surgery
A strong medicine given into a vein to make a person sleep for surgery
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pentothal is the brand name for the drug thiopental, a fast-acting anesthetic used to put patients to sleep for surgery. A helpful way to remember the name is to notice pento- as in pentagon, meaning 'five', and then think of this chemical-sounding name as a medicine that quickly 'puts someone under'.