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amobarbital

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[am-oh-bahr-bi-tal, -tawl] / ˌæm oʊˈbɑr bɪˌtæl, -ˌtɔl /

noun

Pharmacology.

  1. a colorless, crystalline barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 O 3 , used chiefly as a sedative.

Etymology

Origin of amobarbital

1945–50; am(yl) + -o- + barbital

Example Sentences

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Sodium amobarbital lowers a subject’s defenses, and thus makes it easier to catch him in a lie, but a person can continue to lie under the influence of so-called “truth serum.”

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2013

Sodium amobarbital has been used in insanity pleas before, although usually to prove insanity rather than disprove it.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2013

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