THIOPENTONE


Meaning of THIOPENTONE in English

[ ˌθʌɪə(ʊ)'pɛntəʊn ]

( N. Amer. also thiopental )

■ noun Medicine a sulphur-containing barbiturate drug used as a general anaesthetic and hypnotic, and (reputedly) as a truth drug.

Origin

1940s: from thio- + a contr. of pentobarbitone .

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