thiopental

Questions about thiopental

What does thiopental mean?

thiopental means "barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic".

How many syllables are in thiopental?

thiopental has 4 syllables and divides as thi-o-pen-tal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for thiopental?

Close synonyms include thiopental sodium, thiopentobarbital sodium, Pentothal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thiopental a common word?

thiopental is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.