Nembutal
[nem-byuh-tawl, -tal]
- a brand of pentobarbital.
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But Lundbeck, the Danish maker of Nembutal, no longer sells the drug to U.S. prisons.
Context: The iconic screen siren said this to actor Peter Lawford before overdosing on Nembutal.
Nembutal
- a trademark for pentobarbital sodium
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Nembutal
type of barbiturate, 1930, proprietary name of pentobarbitone sodium, formed from letters and syllables from N(a) "sodium" + full chemical name 5-ethyl-5-1-methylbutyl barbiturate.
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Nembutal
(nĕm′byə-tôl′)- A trademark for the drug pentobarbital sodium.
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