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Seconal

//ˈsɛkəˌnɔl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A barbiturate drug used as a sedative and hypnotic, a trade name of secobarbital. countable, uncountable

    "Nearly every pharmaceutical house has its own brands, sold in tablets, solutions or brightly-colored capsules, on which its “detail men” keep doctors informed. Probably the most popular successors to Veronal are Seconal (“red birds” to the bootleg trade) and Nembutal (“yellow jackets”)."

  2. 2
    barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions wordnet

Etymology

Blend of secondary + allyl; origin 1930s.

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