halothane
IPA: hˈeɪɫoʊθeɪn
noun
- (pharmacology) The halogenated hydrocarbon 2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane that is used as an inhalational general anaesthetic.
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Examples of "halothane" in Sentences
- Halothane will never paralyze without unconsciousness.
- A blood test confirms that Laura never ingested the halothane.
- It is more common in pigs sensitive to the anaesthetic halothane.
- I don't know, however, whether all halothane sensitive pigs are PSE.
- Pig farmers use halothane cones in swine yards to expose piglets to halothane.
- The only detected substance in blood was halothane, and nothing else was found.