thiopental sodium
- noun
- /θaɪəˈpɛntəl ˈsoʊdiəm/
- Specialized
:
tiopental sódico
- The doctor administered thiopental sodium before the surgery.
Examples
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Thiopental sodium is commonly used by anesthesiologists to induce anesthesia before surgery.
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Before the surgery, the patient was given thiopental sodium to induce anesthesia.
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Doctors discontinued the use of thiopental sodium for executions in several states.
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The rapid onset of thiopental sodium makes it useful for short medical procedures.
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Many anesthesiologists prefer thiopental sodium for rapid induction.
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The hospital decided to administer thiopental sodium intravenously for a quick onset of anesthesia during the procedure.
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Due to its fast-acting properties, thiopental sodium is often the first drug given in general anesthesia regimens.
Synonyms
9
8.7
A fast-acting drug that makes a person unconscious for surgery
2
9.9
A fast medicine given into a vein to make a person sleep before surgery
A fast-acting drug that makes people or animals unconscious for surgery
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound simply names the sodium salt/form of the drug 'thiopental' (a barbiturate) so a learner who knows 'thiopental' as an anesthetic agent and 'sodium' as the element can infer this refers to the sodium formulation used clinically. This follows a regular pharmaceutical naming pattern (X sodium) that is compositional and cross-linguistically common, making the meaning predictable for B1 learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
Thiopental sodium: The name comes from its chemical parts: thio may mean sulfur and pent means five, words used to describe the drug's chemical make-up. Because it works very fast and puts people 'unconscious', doctors used it as a quick 'anesthetic'.