Noun: secobarbital
- Barbiturate that is a white odourless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions
"The patient was prescribed secobarbital sodium for severe insomnia";
- secobarbital sodium, Seconal, red devil
Derived forms: secobarbitals
Type of: barbiturate
Encyclopedia: Secobarbital