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2024
ketamine
ketamine
See also:
kétamine
English
Noun
ketamine
(
countable and uncountable
,
plural
ketamines
)
A
pain
-
killing
drug
and
anaesthetic
.
Synonyms
(
drug
)
:
Special K
(
slang
)
Translations
pain-killing drug
Chinese:
Mandarin:
氯胺酮
(zh)
(
lǜ’āntóng
)
Finnish:
ketamiini
(fi)
Russian:
кетами́н
(ru)
m
(
ketamín
)
Swedish:
ketamin
n
Etymology
Blend
of
ketone
+
amine
, 1960s.
Pronunciation
(
UK
)
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈkɛtəmɪn/
(
US
)
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈkɛtəmiːn/
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