Anectinen.
/əˈnɛktiːn/, U.S. /əˈnɛktən/, /əˈnɛkˌtin/ Pharmacology.
The drug suxamethonium (or succinylcholine) chloride, used as a short-acting muscle relaxant during endotracheal intubation and other surgical or medical procedures.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.
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1950 Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 Aug. 799/1 Anectine.
1955 Sci. News Let. 29 Jan. 73/1 Electroshock treatment of the mentally ill can be ‘softened’..by a new drug, succinyl-choline chloride... The drug is trade-named Anectine by its manufacturers.
2010 C. Turkington & D. Mitchell Encycl. Poisons & Antidotes (ed. 3) 13/1 Almost immediately upon injection, anectine produces respiratory paralysis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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