OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37530

veronal

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veronal
A barbiturate, used formerly to induce sleep.
He was by now so worn out that he could not resist my firmness. I gave him a sufficient dose of veronal to insure his unconsciousness for several hours. I thought that was the best…
She died of an overdose of veronal. She's been taking it lately for sleeplessness. Must have taken too much.
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