ketamine
ketamine · ketamines
кетамин
Ketamin
A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also…A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.
UK/ˈkɛt.ə.mɪn/US/ˈkɛt.əˌmin/
» Tom went swimming on ketamine and drowned.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.
Ketamin
кетами́нketamín
More definitions
- a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP
Examples
4 sentencesTom went swimming on ketamine and drowned.
Ketamine is a reset button for the brain.
Ketamine deserves better than to be associated with that man.
Do you use ketamine?
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
pain-killing drug:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pain-killing drug:
Origin
Blend of ketone + amine. First use appears c. 1966.Blend of ketone + amine. First use appears c. 1966.
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Forms
plural: ketaminesSynonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP:ketamine hydrochlorideKetalar
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
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