NEMBUTAL


Meaning of NEMBUTAL in English

[ 'nɛmbjʊt(ə)l , -tα:l ]

■ noun (trademark in the US) the drug sodium pentobarbitone.

Origin

1930s: from N(a) (symbol for sodium) + e(thyl) , m(ethyl) , but(yl) , elements of the systematic name, + -al .

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