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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A brominated alcohol formerly used as an anaesthetic in humans and now mainly used in laboratory animals. uncountable
2. 2
   an intravenous anesthetic wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

avertintribromoethyl alcohol

Etymology

From tri- + bromo- + ethanol.

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