fluothanen.
/ˈflʊəˌθeɪn/, U.S. /ˈflʊəˌθeɪn/ Pharmacology.
The anaesthetic halothane.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.
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common ether1675
laughing gas1819
chloral1838
chloroform1838
urethane1838
ether1847
letheon1847
kerosolene1861
gas1868
pental1891
tubocurarine1898
chloretone1899
hedonal1900
Avertin1927
Evipan1932
Pentothal1935
Trilene1935
hexobarbitone sodium1941
hexobarbitone soluble1941
thiopentone1945
thiopental sodium1947
fluothane1955
halothane1957
methohexital sodium1958
phencyclidine1959
methohexitone1961
hexobarbitone1962
propanidid1964
etorphine1966
enflurane1971
sodium methohexital1978
1955 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Nov. 1140 Fluothane.
1957 Lancet 8 June 1196/1 Dr Foster has done a great service by his letter of June 1, if only by drawing attention to errors in the use of ‘Fluothane’ (halothane).
1980 Amer. Jrnl. Otolaryngol. 1 419/1 In this study we administered halothane (Fluothane), a rapidly acting and reversible inhalation anesthetic, to rabbits.
2007 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 14 Aug. 21 The [ICI] group went on to pioneer a number of new materials used in everyday products which..included..fluothane, which in 1953 superseded chloroform and ether to become the most commonly used anaesthetic in the world.
2009 D. S. Aschenbrenner & S. J. Venable Drug Therapy Nursing xv. 209/2 Halothane (Fluothane)..is rarely used because of its ability to induce hepatotoxicity.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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