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pentabarbitol

pentabarbitol is the misspelling of pentobarbital.

Meaning of pentobarbital

Noun

pentobarbital (countable and uncountable, plural pentobarbitals)

  1. A narcotic and sedative barbiturate drug (trademark Nembutal) formerly used to relieve insomnia.
    • And lest anyone think traipsing through the gray and bleach-smelly execution chamber where triple homicide offenders are injected with pentobarbital isn't depressing enough, later they will stage a press conference in front of the gates of Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery, the parched plot of land where...2016, Christopher Kelly, The Pink Bus, Mapple Shade, New Jersey: Lethe Press, page 146

Questions about pentabarbitol

What is pentabarbitol the misspelling of?
Pentabarbitol is the misspelling of pentobarbital.

Words near pentabarbitol in the dictionary

  1. pentaarsenic
  2. pentaazamacrocycle
  3. pentaazamacrocycles
  4. pentabamate
  5. pentaband
  6. pentabarbitol
  7. pentabarbitone
  8. pentabasic
  9. pentabiotic
  10. pentabismuth
  11. pentablock

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