halothane

IPA: hˈeɪɫoʊθeɪn

(pharmacology) The halogenated hydrocarbon 2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane that is used as an inhalational general anaesthetic.

Examples of "halothane" in Sentences

He'd also used chloroform, or maybe it was halothane.
I kicked at the pedal and the halothane hissed through the tube.
He soaked some cotton in a mixture of halothane and alcohol, dropped it into the jar, and screwed the lid back on.
The ventilator would take over now, breathing for him, forcing into his lungs a precise mixture of oxygen and halothane.
Another drawback of the study is that it included children given the anesthetic halothane, which is no longer in widespread use.
Julian could learn a whole lot in five minutes, assuming he lives to tell about it. halothane Wednesday, July 28th at 2: 59PM EDT
Drugs that trigger malignant hyperthermia include potent inhalation agents like halothane, isoflurane and sevoflurane, and older drugs like ether.
From early efforts which focussed on a single gene (e.g. the halothane gene), the technology and the knowledge of the genome has developed tremendously.