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Seconals

Seconals is the plural of Seconal.

Meaning of Seconal

Noun

Seconal (countable and uncountable, plural Seconals)

  1. A barbiturate drug used as a sedative and hypnotic, a trade name of secobarbital.
    • 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”).1952 October 13, Richard L. Williams, “‘To sleep: perchance…’”, in Life, volume 33, number 15, page 110

Questions about Seconals

What is Seconals the plural of?
Seconals is the plural of Seconal.

Words near Seconals in the dictionary

  1. secologonin
  2. secomanoalide
  3. Secombe
  4. Secombes
  5. Seconal
  6. Seconals
  7. second
  8. second act
  9. second acts
  10. Second Adventist
  11. Second Adventists

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