adjunct to anesthesia

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• Morphine — A venerable drug that is a naturally occurring member of a large chemical class of compounds called alkaloids. The name morphine was coined in 1805 by a German apothecary Adolf Serturner (1783 1841) to designate the main alkaloid in opium. Opium …   Medical dictionary

• barbiturate — /bahr bich euhr it, euh rayt ; bahr bi toor it, ayt, tyoor /, n. Pharm. any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics. [1925 30; BARBITUR(IC) + ATE2] * * * Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds… …   Universalium

• tubocurarine — /tooh boh kyoo rahr een, in, tyooh /, n. Pharm. the principal active alkaloid of curare, C38H44Cl2N2O, used as a muscle relaxant, esp. as an adjunct to anesthesia. [1895 1900; < G Tubocurarin, equiv. to Tubocurar(e) (see TUBE, O , CURARE) + in… …   Universalium

• butabarbital — An obsolescent sedative and hypnotic with intermediate duration of action; available as b. sodium, with same usages. * * * bu·ta·bar·bi·tal .byüt ə bär bə .tȯl n a synthetic barbiturate used esp. in the form of its sodium salt C10H15N2NaO3 as a… …   Medical dictionary

• butorphanol tartrate — A potent mixed agonist/antagonist narcotic analgesic agent, used by injection and in the form of a nasal spray. * * * [USP] the tartrate salt of butorphanol, administered intramuscularly, intravenously, or intranasally as an analgesic and… …   Medical dictionary

• hydromorphone hydrochloride — A synthetic derivative of morphine, with analgesic potency about 10 times that of morphine. SYN: dihydromorphinone hydrochloride. * * * [USP] the hydrochloride salt of hydromorphone, having the same actions as the base; administered orally,… …   Medical dictionary

• levorphanol tartrate — An analgesic similar in action to morphine. * * * le·vor·pha·nol tar·trate (le vorґfə nol) [USP] a synthetic opioid analgesic with properties and actions similar to those of morphine; used as an analgesic, for moderate to severe pain, and as …   Medical dictionary

• meperidine hydrochloride — A widely used narcotic analgesic. SYN: pethidine. * * * me·per·i·dine hy·dro·chlo·ride (mə perґĭ dēn) [USP] a synthetic opioid analgesic, used as an analgesic to relieve moderate to severe pain, including during childbirth, and as… …   Medical dictionary

• methotrimeprazine — A phenothiazine analgesic. * * * meth·o·tri·mep·ra·zine .meth ō .trī mep rə .zēn n a nonnarcotic analgesic and tranquilizer C19H24N2OS see LEVOPROME * * * n. see levomepromazine * * * …   Medical dictionary

• oxymorphone hydrochloride — A semisynthetic narcotic analgesic closely related chemically to hydromorphone hydrochloride; its actions are similar to those of morphine, but more potent. * * * oxy·mor·phone hy·dro·chlo·ride (ok″se morґfōn) [USP] a semisynthetic… …   Medical dictionary

• pancuronium bromide — A nondepolarizing steroidal neuromuscular blocking agent resembling curare but without its potential for ganglionic blockade, histamine release, or hypotension. * * * pan·cu·ro·ni·um bromide .pan kyə rō nē əm …   Medical dictionary