Seconal

Noun

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...
   • In spite of the seconal he was eaten up by his nerves. His face was covered with sweat. - 1953, Raymond Chandler, chapter 29, in The Long Goodbye, New York: Ballantine, published 1971:
   • 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. - 1966, Jacqueline...