Definition of "pentothal" []

• Sodium thiopental (noun)

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• "JONATHAN ARDEN, MEDICAL EXAMINER, FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST: The sequence of medications you described, first, is thiopental or sodium pentothal, which is an ultra-short-acting barbiturate which is supposed to sedate you, anesthetize you, knock you out."
• "And Michael was also tested on sodium pentothal, which is truth serum."
• "The overall effect is like that of a sleeping pill, but there is an intermediate phase called the pentothal or “truth serum” phase in which the patient will answer questions freely and without censoring."