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noun
A brominated alcohol formerly used as an anaesthetic in humans and now mainly used in laboratory animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: avertin
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an intravenous anesthetic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tribromoethyl alcohol
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intravenous anesthetic
History
From tri- + bromo- + ethanol.
