methoxyflurane

[ me-thok-see-floor-eyn ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a potent substance, C3H4Cl2F2O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.

Origin of methoxyflurane

1
First recorded in 1960–65; methoxy- + flu(o)r- + (eth)ane

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