Seconal
/ˈsɛk(ə)nal
/ /ˈsɛk(ə)n(ə)l/noun [mass noun] trademark
A barbiturate drug used as a sedative and hypnotic.The inquest heard Dr Iqbal first prescribed the barbiturate Seconal for the princess in July 1999 after another patient told him she needed the drugs....
- Raving, starving herself, addicted to Seconal and Dexedrine, Tippy makes a dramatic transformation from beautiful to mean.
- Devastated, Auden increased his intake of Benzedrine and Seconal to help him sleep.
Origin
1930s: blend of secondary and allyl.
- rocker arm
- rocker-bottom
- rocker cam
- rockered
- rocker foot
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- rocker panel
- rocker pump
- rocker shaft
- rocker sieve
- rocker switch
- rockery
- rocket
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- rocket airplane
- rocket apparatus
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- rocket bomb
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- rocket car
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- rocketeer
- rocketeering