Where does “teflurane” come from?

teflurane (English) comes from English -flurane, from English -ane, from Latin -ānus — Of or pertaining to; -ian.

teflurane (English): 2-bromo-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, a halocarbon drug investigated as an inhalational anesthetic but never marketed due to a high incidence of cardiac arrhythmias

Definitions

  1. 2-bromo-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, a halocarbon drug investigated as an inhalational anesthetic but never marketed due to a high incidence of cardiac arrhythmias

Ancestry of “teflurane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-fluraneUsed to form names of halogenated compounds used as [[w:inhalational anesthetic
2English-aneVariant of -an, usually with differentiation (
3Latin-ānusOf or pertaining to; -ian
Every word from Latin -ānus →Every word from English -ane →Every word from English -flurane →