1. A general anaesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or paediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP
   - ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride

Type of: club drug, general anaesthetic [Brit, Cdn], general anesthetic [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Ketalar

• fly in the face of
• fly in the ointment
• fly in the teeth of
• fly off the handle
• fly on
• fly on the wall
• fly open
• fly orchid
• fly poison
• fly rod
• fly sheet
• fly tent
• fly the coop
• fly tipper
• fly-by
• fly-by-night
• fly-fishing
• fly-half
• fly-tip
• flyaway
• flyblown
• flybridge
• flycatcher
• flycatching warbler
• flyer