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nembutal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nembutal has 1 sense
- nembutal(n = noun.artifact) pentobarbital, pentobarbital sodium, yellow jacket - a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic; Array is a kind of barbiturate
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nembutal, n. propr. a sodium salt of pentobarbitone, used as a sedative and anticonvulsant.
Etymology
Na (= sodium) + 5- ethyl-5-(1- methyl butyl) barbiturate + -AL
THESAURUS
nembutal
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