propofoln.
/ˈprəʊpəfɒl/, U.S. /ˈproʊpəˌfɑl/ Pharmacology.
A short-acting anaesthetic, administered intravenously.Chemical name: 2,6-diisopropylphenol; HO·C6H3(CH(CH3)2)2.
ΚΠ
1983 WHO Chron. 37 vi. Suppl. 7 Propofolum... 2,6-diisopropylphenol... propofol.
1987 Lancet 26 Dec. 1518/2 One potential use of propofol is for patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy, because propofol's probable proconvulsive activity makes it a suitable replacement for methohexitone.
1999 S. Lautenbacher & G. B. Rollman in A. R. Block & E. F. Kremer Handbk. Pain Syndromes xxviii. 692 Propofol is particularly advantageous, and can be titrated to effect both in terms of level of consciousness and duration of action using continuous IV infusion techniques.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1983- from the ploughtail
- from the polewards
- from the purpose
- from the rough
- from the same stable
- from the seaward
- from the shoreward
- from the shoulder
- from the sidelines
- from the spleen
- from the staff to the corner
- from the sternward
- from the sticks
- from the sublime to the ridiculous
- from the sublime to the ridiculous is but one step
- from the sunward
- from the sunwards
- from the teat
- from the teeth forward or outward
- from the teeth forward or outwards
- from the teeth forwards or outwards
- from the tender nail
- from the top
- from the top down
- from the top downwards