phenobarb
(fiːnəʊˈbɑːb)
Also pheno barb and with final point.
Abbrev. of phenobarbital, phenobarbitone, used colloq. and in Pharm.
| 1956 M. McMinnies Flying Fox iii. iv. 223 Whatever next? Not with all that phenobarb inside you. 1961 Lancet 22 July 205/2 Finally my colleague pleaded: ‘If you won't take that phenobarb. yourself, for Heaven's sake dish it out to the rest of us.’ 1971 Where Dec. 360/1 When Sarah got her sight back..she came back to us on a dose of one grain of pheno barb twice a day. 1972 J. Mann Mrs. Knox's Profession x. 82 She picked up a small bottle and said, ‘Phenobarb?’ 1977 N. Adam Triplehip Cracksman xii. 125 The phenobarb and the adrenalin, the swallowed capsule and the upcoming junket. |