hexobarbital Pharm.
(hɛksəʊˈbɑːbɪtəl)
[f. as next: see barbital.]
The equivalent in the U.S. Pharmacopœia of hexobarbitone.
| 1941 [see next]. 1943 Wood & Osol Dispensatory of U.S.A. (ed. 23) 511/2 Hexobarbitonum solubile... Soluble Hexobarbital; Soluble Evipal; Cyclural Sodium. 1957 T. Sollmann Man. Pharmacol. (ed. 8) 942/1 Hexobarbital sodium (‘Evipal’, ‘Evipan’) was introduced especially for intravenous anesthesia, as its action is brief. |