Ketamine meaning

kē'tə-mēn'
A general anesthetic given intravenously or intramuscularly, used especially for minor surgical procedures in which muscle relaxation is not required, and used illegally as a recreational drug.
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A general anesthetic given intravenously or intramuscularly, used especially for minor surgical procedures in which muscle relaxation is not required. It is used illegally as a recreational drug, and its antidepressant properties are under investigation.
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A general anesthetic given intravenously or intramuscularly in the form of its hydrochloride salt, used especially for minor surgical procedures in which skeletal muscle relaxation is not required.
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Origin of ketamine

ket(o)– amine

Sentence Examples

  • anaesthesiait has been this author's practice to administer atropine routinely before ketamine anesthesia.

  • However, it has been this author's practice to administer atropine routinely before ketamine anesthesia.

  • cingulum discharge frequency were significantly different from oneirogenic drugs (ketamine, quipazine, phencyclidine and SKF-10017 ).

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