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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A trade-name of trimethylethylene, . It is prepared by the action of zinc chlorid on amyl alcohol or fusel-oil. It boils at 38° C. and has been used as an anesthetic. Also called amylene.

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  • noun medicine sodium thiopental, a common anesthetic

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Abbreviated from thiopental.

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