See Also: thiopentone(dictionary)

thiopentone (iou)



thiopentone noun. M20.
[from THIO- + PENT(OBARBIT)ONE.]
Pharmacology. A sulphur analogue of pentobarbitone; (more fully thiopentone sodium) the sodium salt of this, used as a rapid-acting general anaesthetic and hypnotic.
? A proprietary name for this drug is PENTOTHAL.