Meaning of Seconal | Babel Free

Definitions

A barbiturate drug used as a sedative and hypnotic, a trade name of secobarbital.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Nearly every pharmaceutical house has its own⟳ brands, sold in tablets, solutions or brightly-colored capsules, on which its “detail men” keep⟳ doctors informed. Probably the most popular successors to Veronal are Seconal (“red birds” to the bootleg trade⟳) and Nembutal (“yellow jackets”).”

“In spite of the seconal he was eaten up by his nerves. His face⟳ was covered with sweat⟳.”

“Each night she looked at the bottle of Seconals with affection. She never could do this without the dolls. She would have⟳ spent sleepless nights, smoking, worrying—and she would have⟳ lost her nerve.”

“Doctor, they can stand⟳ on the window ledge and threaten⟳ to splatter themselves on the pavement below, they can pile the Seconal to the ceiling—I may have⟳ to live⟳ for weeks and weeks on end⟳ in terror of these marriage-bent girls throwing themselves beneath the subway train⟳, but I simply cannot, I simply will not, enter⟳ into a contract to sleep⟳ with just one woman for the rest⟳ of my days.”

“His horror of insomnia, compounded with a family history of compulsive worrying, caused him to down three or four Placidyls, Seconals, Quaaludes, or Tuinals almost every night—and often it was a combination of all four.”

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