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Trilene Pharm.|ˈtraɪliːn| Also trilene. [f. trichloroethylene.] A proprietary name for a medicinal grade of trichloroethylene, used as an analgesic and light anæsthetic.
1935Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Feb. 184/1 Trilene... Medicated preparations of trichlorethylene for human use. Imperial Chemical Industries Limited,..Millbank, London. Ibid. 20 Feb. 214/1 Trilene... Trichlorethylene for veterinary and sanitary purposes. Imperial Chemical Industries Limited. 1941Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 June 925/1 We..found that this firm was already manufacturing, under the trade name of ‘trilene’, a purified form of the substance specially prepared for medical purposes, though with no reference to inhalation or general anaesthesia. 1944Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 18 Jan. 349/1 Trilene for anaesthetic for cleansing wounds and for the alleviation of pain. 1966New Statesman 8 July 47/3 Where we had practised my wife was completely able to use the breathing for her own purposes, even under the sleepy drug. She never used her Trilene machine at all. 1971H. Pacy Road Accidents ii. 51 Trilene inhalers..provide mild analgesia and are used by the casualties themselves. 1979G. Bourne Pregnancy (rev. ed.) xxiv. 365 The indications and the technique for Trilene analgesia are essentially similar to those described for nitrous oxide and oxygen analgesia. |