sodium thiopental

1. Sodium thiopental is primarily used as anaesthesia for surgical patients and to induce medical comas.
   硫喷妥钠主要用于做来麻醉外科手术的病人，并且引导医疗昏睡。
2. Some executions in the US are being delayed because of a nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental, one of the drugs used in lethal injections.
   因为全国范围的硫喷妥钠注射处死使用的一种药物短缺，美国的一些死刑执行正被耽搁。
3. Oklahoma delayed a planned execution last month because of the sodium thiopental shortage.
   因为短缺硫喷妥钠，俄克拉荷马州上月延迟了一宗计划的死刑执行。
4. The cocktail used generally contains sodium thiopental ( to anaesthetise the condemned man), pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride.
   一般注射用的混合针剂含有硫喷妥钠，泮库溴铵和氯化钾。

noun

1. a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative

   Synonym:    phenobarbitalphenobarbitoneLuminalpurple heart