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单词 Amytal
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Definition of Amytal in English:

Amytal

nounˈamɪt(ə)lˈaməˌtôl
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  • A barbiturate drug used as a sedative and a hypnotic.

    Chemical formula: C₁₁H₁₈N₂O₃

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They used a variety of methods, including hypnosis, injections of sodium amytal, guided imagery, dream work, participation in survivor groups, even massage therapy to recover ‘body memories’ of abuse.
    • Well, I'm going to ask people to take a look at that magazine, because it discusses a drug called sodium amytal, which is a hallucinogenic barbiturate.
    • Intravenous sodium amytal (Amytal, Luminal, Nembutal) elicited no benefit, but intravenous zolpidem did.
    • But that's another subject entirely - the point is that Slothrop's map gets him interrogated under sodium amytal, a technique first documented in 1943 as narcoanalysis, and sometimes referred to as ‘truth serum’.
    • I asked, as insouciantly as you like, my subtle interrogation forming step by step, point by point, spiralling around my quarry like the hazy grip of sodium amytal.

Origin

1920s: from amyl + -t- (for ease of pronunciation) + -al.

 
 

Definition of Amytal in US English:

Amytal

nounˈaməˌtôl
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  • A barbiturate drug used as a sedative and a hypnotic.

    Alternative name: 5-ethyl-5-isopropylbarbituric acid, or its sodium salt (sodium amytal); chemical formula: C₁₁H₁₈N₂O₃

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Well, I'm going to ask people to take a look at that magazine, because it discusses a drug called sodium amytal, which is a hallucinogenic barbiturate.
    • But that's another subject entirely - the point is that Slothrop's map gets him interrogated under sodium amytal, a technique first documented in 1943 as narcoanalysis, and sometimes referred to as ‘truth serum’.
    • They used a variety of methods, including hypnosis, injections of sodium amytal, guided imagery, dream work, participation in survivor groups, even massage therapy to recover ‘body memories’ of abuse.
    • I asked, as insouciantly as you like, my subtle interrogation forming step by step, point by point, spiralling around my quarry like the hazy grip of sodium amytal.
    • Intravenous sodium amytal (Amytal, Luminal, Nembutal) elicited no benefit, but intravenous zolpidem did.

Origin

1920s: from amyl + -t- (for ease of pronunciation) + -al.

 
 
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