ketamine
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ketamine
- /ˈkɛt.ə.mɪn/ UK
- /ˈkiː.tə.miːn/ UK
- /ˈkɛt.əˌmin/ US
- /ˈki.təˌmin/ US
Where it comes from
Blend of ketone + amine. First use appears c. 1966.
noun ketamines
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A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.
He was riding high that night, with a brick of Wage's ketamine on its way to Yokohama and the money already in his pocket.
Similar: Special K, vitamin K, horse tranquilizer
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Talk about this word "ketamine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ketamine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ketamine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ketamine "ketamine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ketamine.Cite this
@misc{ketamine_2026,
title = {ketamine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ketamine},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
