লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
ketamine
This term refers to a specific chemical compound used in both legitimate medical settings and as a recreational drug. In a clinical context, it is discussed as a pharmaceutical agent, often associated with terms like anesthesia, sedation, or analgesia. The tone is neutral and technical.
When used in a social or legal context, the word carries a strong connotation of illicit substance abuse. It is frequently associated with terms like "club drug" or "dissociative," reflecting its psychological effects of detachment from the environment. As a chemical substance, it is treated as an uncountable mass noun; one does not typically refer to "ketamines" unless discussing different chemical variants or batches.
Meanings
A dissociative anesthetic drug used in human and veterinary medicine to induce a state of sedation and analgesia.
Examples
The veterinarian administered ketamine to sedate the dog before the procedure.
I wonder if this ketamine infusion will actually help my treatment resistant depression.
The surgeon decided to use ketamine as the primary anesthetic for the emergency surgery.
Police found a large quantity of ketamine hidden in the back of the car.
He was admitted to the ER after overdosing on ketamine at a party.
Wait, did you just say they are using ketamine for anesthesia in this clinic?
The patient experienced vivid hallucinations shortly after the ketamine was administered.
She felt a strange sense of detachment from her body due to the effects of ketamine.