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veronal

n. A barbiturate, diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid; barbitol, used formerly to induce sleep.

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veronal

n. a barbiturate used as a hypnotic [syn: barbital, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea]

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Morphia, opium, cannabis Indica, cocaine, heroin, veronal and sulphonal act less equally, need larger doses, tempt more rapidly to increase of dose, and, where the patient knows what drug he has taken, lead, in a certain proportion of cases, very quickly to an ineradicable habit.

Madame Hsin abusa noche a noche del veronal, a causa del desvelo infatigable de los pilares de la ley, que la desesperan y la incomodan.

Each cachet contained three decigrams of malourea, the insidious drug notorious under its trade name of Veronal.