ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride, Ketalar
(noun) a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ketamine (countable and uncountable, plural ketamines)
A pain-killing drug and anaesthetic, (RS)-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)cyclohexanone, commonly used recreationally.
Synonym: Special K (slang)
• S-ketamine (ā(+)ketamineā)
• R-ketamine (ā(-)ketamineā)
• RS-ketamine (ā(+-)ketamineā)
• kanemite
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
