medetomidine

medetomidine

English

Noun

medetomidine (uncountable)

1. A synthetic drug used as both a surgical anesthetic and analgesic, molecular formula C₁₃H₁₆N₂.
   • 2008, November 12, “Sonja B. Hofer, Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel, Tobias Bonhoeffer, Mark H”, in Experience leaves a lasting structural trace in cortical circuits, volume 457, number 7227, DOI:10.1038/nature07487:

     Mice were anaesthetized with a mixture of fentanyl (0.05 mg kg -1 ), midazolam (5.0 mg kg -1 ) and medetomidine (0.5 mg kg -1 ).

Translations

synthetic drug

Finnish: medetomidiini