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succinylcholine

n. (context organic compound English) suxamethonium.

WordNet
succinylcholine

n. a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures

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On a cold winter day, outside, the esterases might not be able to break down the succinylcholine because of a diminution of chemical processes.

The ER docs among you might make a more experienced guess and assume that it was done with a paralyzing relaxant like pancuronium bromide, curate, or succinylcholine.

The blood work will not show the succinylcholine because it metabolizes even after death.

A whole battery of anesthesiologists bent over their consoles, ready to damp out the least twinge, while two more, just to play it safe, sprayed the Emir's neck with a surface anesthetic and administered a shot of succinylcholine to paralyze the Emir's respiratory muscles for the few moments it would take to begin oxygenating the bloodstream directly through the machines.

Neither d-tubocurarine, pavulon, succinylcholine nor ketamine are reticular formation suppressants, though they'll knock you out.