inhalation anesthetic
n.
A gas or a vaporous liquid that produces general anesthesia when breathed.
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A gas or a vaporous liquid that produces general anesthesia when breathed.
Inhalational anaesthetics are gases or vapours possessing anaesthetic qualities. The agents of significant contemporary interest include the volatile anaesthetics (halothane, isoflurane, sevoflurane and desflurane) and the gases ethylene, nitrous oxide and xenon.
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