Nembutal
pronunciation
How to pronounce Nembutal in British English:
UK [ˈnembjutɔ:l,-tæl]
How to pronounce Nembutal in American English:
US [ˈnɛmbjəˌtɔl]
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- Noun:
- a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and anti-spasmodic
Word Origin
- 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.
Example
- 1. Grab me a nembutal , will you , son ?
- 2. The half-life of nembutal is 15 hours in people with a high tolerance to this drug .
- 3. The experiments on the effects of the uniform magnetic field in mice autonomic action and nembutal subthreshold-hypnosis was carried out . The results showed that the field had definite effects of sedation and hypnosis .