Nembutal

[nem-byuh-tawl, -tal]

Pharmacology, Trademark.

a brand of pentobarbital.

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Contemporary Examples of nembutal

But Lundbeck, the Danish maker of Nembutal, no longer sells the drug to U.S. prisons.
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September 18, 2014
Context: The iconic screen siren said this to actor Peter Lawford before overdosing on Nembutal.
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British Dictionary definitions for nembutal

Nembutal

noun

a trademark for pentobarbital sodium

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Word Origin and History for nembutal

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.

nembutal in Medicine

Nembutal

[nĕm′byə-tôl′]

A trademark for the drug pentobarbital sodium.