veronal

English

Etymology

Former trade name, after the Italian city Verona.[1]

Noun

veronal (uncountable)

  1. A barbiturate, used formerly to induce sleep.
    Synonyms: barbital, diethylmalonyl urea, diethylbarbituric acid, barbitol
    • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 29, in The Moon and Sixpence:
      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 service I could render him.
    • 1926, Agatha Christie, chapter 1, in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd:
      She died of an overdose of veronal. She's been taking it lately for sleeplessness. Must have taken too much.

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  1. Donald R. Wesson; David Elvin Smith (1977) Barbiturates, their use, misuse, and abuse, New York: Human Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 15: “Twenty-one years later, Emile Fischer, a student of Baeyer's who also received a Nobel Prize in chemistry, and Baron Joseph von Mering (1903) introduced barbital into clinical medicine under the trade name of Veronal—a name derived from the Italian city of Verona.”

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

From German Veronal or French véronal.

Noun

veronal n (uncountable)

  1. veronal

Declension
declension of veronal (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) veronal veronalul
genitive/dative (unui) veronal veronalului
vocative veronalule

Spanish

Noun

veronal m (uncountable)

  1. veronal

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