halothane

noun Pharmacology.

1. a colorless liquid, C2HBrClF3, used as an inhalant for general anesthesia.

noun

1. a colourless volatile slightly soluble liquid with an odour resembling that of chloroform; 2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane: a general anaesthetic. Formula: CF 3 CHBrCl

n.

1. A colorless, nonflammable liquid that is widely used as an inhalation anesthetic and that takes effect rapidly and can be rapidly counteracted.

1. A colorless nonflammable liquid, C2HBrClF3, used as an inhalant anesthetic.