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Sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse
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methaqualone
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Methaqualone , sold under the brand name Quaalude (\ˈkwā-ˌlüd\) in the US and Mandrax in the UK and South Africa, is a sedative and hypnotic medication. It is a member of the quinazolinone class. The sedative–hypnotic activity of methaqualone was first ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hypnotic sedative drug, 1961, from meth(o)- + connecting particle -a- + qu(in)a(zo)lone.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) A sedative drug that has effects similar to barbiturates. Also used recreationally.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse [syn: Quaalude ]
Usage examples of methaqualone.
Darvon and Ritalin and methaqualone and Valium, and God knows what else.
It was at the church, though, that Felix and his good friend methaqualone became embarrassing.
I'll bet a new past is being ghostwritten for "Castaway Cay"—a past richly populated with conquistadors or perhaps shipwrecked pirates, whom Disney copywriters would regard as more colorful and less menacing than modern smugglers of cocaine and bootleg methaqualone.