What does "ketamine" mean?

A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.

What is a synonym for "ketamine"?

Common synonyms include: ketalar, ketamine hydrochloride, special k, special k, vitamin k.

//ˈkɛt.ə.mɪn// noun

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Noun

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
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