roflurane

R1O1F4L1U1R1A1N1E1

noun

2-bromo-1,1,2-trifluoroethyl methyl ether, a halocarbon drug investigated as an inhalational anesthetic but never marketed.

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Meanings

nounroflurane (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicine2-bromo-1,1,2-trifluoroethyl methyl ether, a halocarbon drug investigated as an inhalational anesthetic but never marketed.

    Roflurane does not react with metals such as steel, nickel, copper, and aluminum […] and inhibits the reaction of haloalkanes with aluminum […]

    1972, Maynard B. Chenoweth, P. Bass, Modern inhalation anesthetics, page 22

Origin

From (b)ro(mo)- + -flurane (“halogenated compound”).

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Chicago

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