secobarbital
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- noun
- /ˌsɛkəˈbɑrbɪtəl/
- Specialized
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secobarbital
- In a clinical trial, researchers noted that secobarbital effectively reduced the frequency of convulsions in patients.
Examples
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"Chemical agent believed to be "sodium secobarbital."
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A small dose of secobarbital of 100 mg will wake them up and make them volunteer to go through another night.
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They need secobarbital and I can't get it.
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Sodium secobarbital.
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These investigators explored the effects of a placebo, promazine, secobarbital, and meperidine hydrochloride on a series of objective motor, intellectual, and perceptual activities, as well as on subjective responses.
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The doctor prescribed secobarbital to help the patient manage severe anxiety during the procedure.
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After the surgery, the nurse gave him secobarbital to ensure he could rest without discomfort.
Synonyms
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A strong drug used to make people sleep and to treat seizures
A strong medicine that makes people sleep and stops seizures
A strong sleeping drug used to calm people or stop seizures
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Secobarbital comes from the parts seco- and barbital. The barbital part names the family of 'barbiturate' drugs used as 'sedatives', and seco- marks it as a special 'secondary' kind. So, secobarbital is a particular barbiturate used to calm people and to treat convulsions.