KETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ketamine hydrochloride mean? 

• KETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)
  The noun KETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE has 1 sense:

1. a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP

  Familiarity information: KETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Ketalar; ketamine; ketamine hydrochloride

Hypernyms ("ketamine hydrochloride" is a kind of...):

club drug (a controlled substance that is usually taken by young people at dance clubs and raves)

general anaesthetic; general anesthetic (an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ketamine hydrochloride"):

cat valium; green; honey oil; jet; K; special K; super acid; super C (street names for ketamine)

 Context examples 

Ketamine hydrochloride blocks pathways to the brain that are involved in sensing pain.

(Ketamine hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Ketalar and ketamine hydrochloride.

(Ketamine, NCI Dictionary)

Also called ketamine and ketamine hydrochloride.

(Ketalar, NCI Dictionary)