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isoflurane

isoflurane

1 8.4
A liquid that is breathed in during surgery to make a person sleep and feel no pain
  • noun
  • /ˌaɪsoʊˈflʊəreɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : isoflurano
  • Rats were anesthetized using 5.0% isoflurane and 1000 ml/min of O2 in an induction box until deep anesthesia was reached.
  • anesthetized with isoflurane

Examples

  • TMEM16B wild-type and knockout mice (postnatal day 10-16) of either sex were anesthetized with isoflurane and decapitated.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Anesthesia was standardized for all patients; induction of propofol was followed by nitrous oxide and isoflurane for maintenance.

    Academic text (2009)
  • At 30 minutes after injection, animals anesthetized with isoflurane were placed in a dark imaging chamber and imaged.

    Academic text (2015)
  • For each stimulation session, rats were anesthetized using isoflurane and placed prone on a heated pad.

    Academic text (2011)
  • For surgery to implant the cannulae, animals maintained under isoflurane anesthesia were mounted in a Kopf stereotaxic instrument.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Animals were placed in a stereotaxic frame and anesthetized with 2% isoflurane (2 L/min oxygen flow rate) delivered through an anesthesia nose cone.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The animals captured were anesthetized with isoflurane, blood was collected from the tail vein, standard morphometric data were collected for each animal, and they were identified to species on the basis of published descriptions of Montana wildlife (17).

    Academic text (2015)
  • Mice were anesthetized with isoflurane, the scalp was removed, the skull was cleaned and dried, and a custom head plate was cemented to contacts over the cerebellum and in front of the olfactory bulb.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The papain challenge was done by anesthetizing mice with isoflurane and administering 30g of papain in 30L PBS every 24 hours for five days. Mice were sacrificed for analysis 24 hours after the last challenge.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The surgical team relied on isoflurane to ensure that the patient remained unconscious and pain-free throughout the procedure.

Synonyms

halothane
vsisoflurane
  • Specialized
4 9.1

A medicine that people breathe to make them sleep for surgery

is used during surgery more broadly rather than mainly for induction
enflurane
vsisoflurane
  • Specialized
9.9

A liquid doctors give to make people unconscious during surgery by breathing it

is used during surgery without emphasis on branding or trade names

Surface Forms

isoflurane singular
isofluranes plural

Morphology

isoflurane = iso + flurane

The segments are specialized chemical combining forms; knowing 'iso' and 'fluor'/'flurane' does not let a B1 learner infer 'inhalation anesthetic'.

Etymology

Isoflurane is made of parts: iso- meaning 'same', fluor- from the element you also see in fluoride (toothpaste), and -ane which marks a simple chemical. So isoflurane is a fluorine-containing chemical used as a gas or liquid to make patients sleep during surgery.