ketamine
/ˈkɛtəmin/
noun
- A strong medicine used to put people or animals to sleep for surgery or to stop pain.
- Ketamine is often used in veterinary clinics for animal surgeries.
- The paramedic gave the patient ketamine to reduce the pain from the broken leg.
- Doctors sometimes use low doses of ketamine to treat severe depression.
- A drug that some people use illegally for its mind-altering effects.
- Using ketamine without a prescription is dangerous and illegal in many countries.
- The teenager was hospitalized after taking ketamine at a party.
- The police found ketamine in the car during the traffic stop.