Definitions
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- noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
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Examples
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Too late to find some little blue Amytal Sodium capsules or lipstick-red Seconals, the whole Valley of the Dolls playset.
Fight Club Palahniuk, Chuck 1996
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The “sodium Amytal interview” is a helpful adjunct to the neuropsychiatric evaluation 969.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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The Sodium Amytal session nags at the linings of Tchitcherine's brain as if the hangover were his own.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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The needle slips without pain into the vein just outboard of the hollow in the crook of his elbow: 10% Sodium Amytal, one cc at a time, as needed.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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Only the certainty that he's been shot up yet again with that Sodium Amytal.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium), methaqualone
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium), methaqualone
The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium), methaqualone (Quaalude), glutethimide
The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium), methaqualone
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium), methaqualone
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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