barbital

[ bahr-bi-tawl, -tal ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pharmacology.

1915–20; barbit(uric acid) + ( Veron ) al, the name of a formerly used sedative and hypnotic

The Council took up the substance in February, 1918, and referred the matter to the referee in charge of barbital preparations.

Barbital was introduced into medicine under the proprietary name veronal, and was manufactured in Germany by Friedr.

A woman, who had taken morphine and barbital, was found apparently dead after a night's exposure in some lonely spot.

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