amobarbital, n. Pharm.
(æməʊˈbɑːbɪtəl)
[f. amylo- + barbital n.]
The equivalent in the U.S. Pharmacopeia of *amylobarbitone n.
| 1950 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 2 Dec. 1209/2 (heading) Amobarbital sodium and prolonged insulin coma. 1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow (1975) i. 168 Try to remember,..last night amobarbital sodium 0.2 Gm. at bedtime. 1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xi. 204 Deep sedation is induced by the intravenous injection of amobarbital. 1980 Washington Post 27 Nov. b1/1 The tests showed two barbiturates in the child's blood—amobarbital and secobarbital. |