pentaln.
/ˈpɛntl/, U.S. /ˈpɛn(t)l/ Pharmacology. Now rare or disused.
An oily liquid hydrocarbon, methylbut-2-ene, originally used as an anaesthetic (chiefly for dental procedures) but soon found to be toxic; (CH3)2C=CHCH3.
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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
1891 Lancet 3 Oct. 789 A new anæsthetic called pental, which does not produce total unconsciousness, but only a kind of hypnosis.
1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Mar. 44/1 Velez thinks pental may with advantage replace chloroform and ether in many operations of short duration.
1894 Trans. Odontol. Soc. 26 119 I have used pental but very occasionally since that paper was published, and not at all since the announcement..of three deaths due to its administration.
1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) i. 52 This is known in the pure form under the name of ‘pental’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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