Definitions
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- noun a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
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Examples
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Pentobarbital is a barbiturate sold under the name Nembutal that Lundbeck markets as an epilepsy treatment.
Lundbeck Seeks to Curb Use of Drug in Executions Jeanne Whalen 2011
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Lundbeck markets the drug under the name Nembutal.
Texas Adopts Animal Drug for Executions Nathan Koppel 2011
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The court heard that Nielsen travelled to Mexico to buy a fatal dose of the veterinary anaesthetic sedalphorte, also known as Nembutal, which is not available in Australia, the Brisbane Courier-Mail reported.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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Lundbeck recently sold pentobarbital, under the trade name Nembutal, to an American company called Akorn.
US pharmaceutical firm Hospira under fire over use of its drugs in executions 2012
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He insists that her veins were swimming merrily with a drug called Nembutal, which would have made the superstar a teeny-weeny bit too unconscious to go about fiddling with those pesky tubes.
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The independent firm said some $25.5 million worth of the drug, brand name Nembutal, was sold in 2010 - more than double the $10.1 million sold in 2006.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The independent firm said some $25.5 million worth of the drug, brand name Nembutal, was sold in 2010 - more than double the $10.1 million sold in 2006.
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It is designed to test the potency of the barbiturate, Nembutal, which is banned in Australia.
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drug in question is pentobarbital, also known as Nembutal.
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"I was stealing leftover Valium, Librium, Nembutal, etc by the time I was 11 or 12."
Sam Willetts: A season in hell Susanna Rustin 2010
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