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methoxyflurane

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methoxyflurane /meth·oxy·flu·rane/ (mĕ-thok″se-floo´rān) a highly potent inhalational anesthetic agent.
me·thox·y·flu·rane (m-thks-flrn)
n.
A potent, nonflammable, nonexplosive anesthetic administered by inhalation.
methoxyflurane.
methoxyflurane [mĕ-thok″se-floo´rān]
a highly potent inhalational anesthetic agent, used primarily to produce analgesia during the first stage of labor; its use in surgery is limited by a dose-related nephrotoxicity to procedures of short duration.
methoxyflurane
an ether derivative compound used as a general anesthetic administered by inhalation.
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Ether, cyclopropane, and methoxyflurane were abandoned in favor of halothane and isoflurane.
Anesthesia: looking back at the last century and forward to the next by Tobias, Joseph D. / Southern Medical Journal
For implantation, mice were lightly anesthetized with methoxyflurane, and the pellet was placed beneath the skin dorsally above the shoulders.
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One system, developed by scientists at the University of Illinois in Chicago and the University of Miami, traps the long-acting anesthetic methoxyflurane in liposomes made of lecithin and sugar water.
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