secobarbital

Etymology

Blend of Seconal (trademark) + pentobarbital.

noun

  1. (pharmacology) A barbiturate C₁₂H₁₈N₂O₃ that is used chiefly in the form of its bitter hygroscopic sodium salt as a hypnotic and sedative.

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