gamma-hydroxybutyrate
Chemistry
noun
A salt or ester of 4-hydroxybutanoic acid; especially the sodium salt, used as a recreational drug and (formerly) as an anaesthetic.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Thomas Anderson Henry (1873–1958).
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