Halothane

Definition: Halothane

Halothane

Noun

1. A nonflammable inhalation anesthetic that produces general anesthesia; used along with analgesics and muscle relaxants for many types of surgical procedures.

Specialty Definition: Halothane

Halothane gas is an inhalation anaesthetic. Its systematic name is 2-Bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane.

Once widely used in surgery, it has largely been replaced by isoflurane for human use. Halothane is still widely used in veterinary surgery because of its lower cost.

External links:

http://ntp-db.niehs.nih.gov/NTP_Reports/NTP_Chem_H&S/NTP_Chem1/Radian151-67-7.txt

Usage Frequency: Halothane

"Halothane" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Halothane" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Halothane

Modern Translations: Halothane

Language		Translations for "halothane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		halothan. (various references)

Dutch		halothaan. (various references)

Finnish		halotaani. (various references)

French		halothane. (various references)

German		Halothan. (various references)

Italian		alotano. (various references)

Pig Latin		alothanehay.(various references)

Portuguese		halotano. (various references)

Spanish		halotano. (various references)

Swedish		halotan. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Halothane

Derivations
	Words beginning with "halothane": halothanes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Halothane" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: halophane, Hikotani, Holthanger. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: Halothane

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-h-l-n-o-t"
	-2 letters: anethol, ethanol.
	-3 letters: althea, atonal, enhalo, etalon, hantle, health, lanate, loathe, thenal, tolane.
	-4 letters: alane, alant, alate, aloha, alone, altho, anole, antae, atone, haole, heath, helot, hotel, laten, lathe, leant, lento, loath, lotah, natal, neath, notal, oaten, talon, thane, thole, tolan, tonal.
	-5 letters: aeon, alae, alan, aloe, alto, anal, anoa, anta, ante, eath, elan, enol, etna, haen, haet, haha, hale, halo, halt, hant, hate, hath, heal, heat, helo, hent, heth, hole, holt, hone, lane, late, lath, lean, leno, lent, loan, lone, lota, loth, neat, noel, nota, note, oath, olea, tael, tala, tale, teal, tela, thae, than, then, toea, tola, tole, tone.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-h-l-n-o-t"
	+1 letter: halothanes.
	+5 letters: chlorenchymata, encephalopathy, ethnographical, phthalocyanine, trihalomethane.
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