Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white crystalline compound, CBr3CH2OH, that has a slight aromatic odor and taste and is used as a basal anesthetic.
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- noun An
anaesthetic now mainly used inlaboratory animals .
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- noun an intravenous anesthetic
Etymologies
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tri- + bromo- + ethanol
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