Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A trade-name for a compound of antipyrin with chloral, used as a hypnotic.

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Examples

  • He's resting easily under an eighth grain of hypnal, which is why you can't raise him.

    Time For The Stars Heinlein, Robert A. 1956

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