barbitone
(ˈbɑːbɪtəʊn)
[f. as next + -one.]
A hypnotic drug, diethyl barbituric acid, often known by the trade name veronal.
| 1914 Brit. Pharmacopœia 62 Barbitonum. Barbitone. Synonyms—Diethyl-barbituric Acid: Malonurea: Diethylmalonyl-urea..C8H12N2O3. 1918 Nomencl. Dis. (ed. 5), Chloral and other Hypnotic Drugs. Sulphonal, Trional, Tetronal, Barbitone, Proponal. 1923 Brit. Pharmac. Codex 175 Barbitone was introduced and first tested, pharmacologically and in clinical practice, under the trade-name Veronal. 1927 Daily Express 30 Dec. 7/7 The chemist..supplied a bottle containing twenty-five tablets of barbitone, which was the equivalent of veronal. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top xxii. 187 Its silence as different from real silence as a barbitone trance from natural sleep. |