secobarbital

[ sek-oh-bahr-bi-tawl, -tal ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C12H18N2O3, used as a sedative and hypnotic.

Origin of secobarbital

1
First recorded in 1950–55; Seco(nal) + barbital

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