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ketamine

[ kee-tuh-meen, -min ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a synthetic nonbarbiturate general anesthetic, C 13 H 16 ClNO, used to induce anesthesia, alone or in combination, in surgical or diagnostic procedures of short duration; extensively used in veterinary medicine.


ketamine

/ ˈkɛtəmiːn /

noun

  1. a drug, chemically related to PCP, that is used in medicine as a general anaesthetic, being administered by injection; cyclohexylamine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


ketamine

/ tə-mēn′ /

  1. A general anesthetic given intravenously or intramuscularly in the form of its hydrochloride salt, used especially for minor surgical procedures in which skeletal muscle relaxation is not required.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ketamine1

First recorded in 1965–70; ket- + -amine
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Example Sentences

Within days of the Oregon vote to legalize psilocybin use in therapeutic settings, Oregon-based Silo Wellness — which cultivates psychedelic mushrooms in Jamaica — announced an Oregon wellness retreat using the drug ketamine.

So, ketamine has been known to the medical community for decades.

When you take the ketamine and it’s in your brain, it has a very short half-life.

So, for those of you keeping score at home, that was James and he’s your ketamine guy.

Let’s say I get this injection of ketamine and I’m — my depression is gone.

Strong pain medications such as morphine and ketamine did not help.

He mentions drug use again (doing lines—probably of ketamine, a drug Bary references frequently).

Alig became hooked on heroin, ketamine, cocaine, and Rohypnol—a stupefying blend of substances for the once sober partier.

Everyone in Hollywood should go take his and her mistresses and concubines out for some celebratory Champagne and ketamine.

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