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secobarbital

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

noun Pharmacology.

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

Nearby words

  1. seclude,
  2. secluded,
  3. seclusion,
  4. seclusive,
  5. seclusively,
  6. seconal,
  7. second,
  8. second advent,
  9. second adventist,
  10. second adventists

Origin of secobarbital

First recorded in 1950–55; Seco(nal) + barbital
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Medicine definitions for secobarbital

secobarbital

[sĕk′ō-bär′bĭ-tôl′, -tăl′]

n.

A white, odorless barbiturate used in the form of its sodium salt as a sedative and hypnotic.
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