secobarbital
nounUS /ˌsɛk.oʊˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/
Etymology Blend of Seconal (trademark) + pentobarbital.
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Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences A barbiturate C₁₂H₁₈N₂O₃ that is used chiefly in the form of its bitter hygroscopic sodium salt as a hypnotic and sedative.
- Seconal is the commercial name of the barbiturate quinalbarbitone. Its generic name is secobarbital.2001 October 14, Jason Burke, “Death of a princess”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2014:
- Derived terms
- methohexital