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Ketamine

//ˈkɛt.ə.mɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen. countable, uncountable

    "He was riding high that night, with a brick of Wage's ketamine on its way to Yokohama and the money already in his pocket."

  2. 2
    a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP wordnet

Etymology

Blend of ketone + amine. First use appears c. 1966.

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