Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white odorless barbiturate, C12H18N2O3, used in the form of its sodium salt as a sedative and hypnotic.
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- noun pharmacology
Quinalbarbitone .
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- noun barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Eliminating prison rape is easy, cheap, and painless: dose all food and drink with generous amounts of Depo-Provera and secobarbital.
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Eliminating prison rape is easy, cheap, and painless: dose all food and drink with generous amounts of Depo-Provera and secobarbital.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on “Weight Classes” for Prison Inmates 2010
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WECHT: They'll say, hey, you know, how could they have possibly have needed this much morphine or this much secobarbital?
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WECHT: And you say, hey, how could they have possibly have needed this much morphine or this much secobarbital?
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He carefully prepared doses of secobarbital sodium.
Along Came a Spider Patterson, James, 1947- 1993
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Then he was injected with secobarbital sodium, probably about two hours later.
Along Came a Spider Patterson, James, 1947- 1993
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The secobarbital would hit first, inducing unconsciousness, the strychnine would kill.
The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988
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January 4, George Wiltsie and Duane Lindenaur, secobarbital sedated, mutilated and killed.
The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988
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Goines was killed by a heroin overjolt, Wiltsie and Lindenaur were poisoned by a secobarbital/strychnine compound.
The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988
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I tested some powder in it and got a home compound — sodium secobarbital, one part, one part strychnine.
The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988
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