Definition of "veronal" []

• A barbiturate, diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid; barbitol, used formerly to induce sleep. (noun)

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• "The 1870s had seen an increase in the use of drugs as they became more available, and though chloral (prescribed to combat insomnia after 1869) and barbiturates such as veronal or gardenal were popular, the great favorite of the epoch was opium, and its derivative, morphine."
• "So where is that jackass Peratt or even the veronal addicted Kristian Olaf Birkeland when you need them?"
• ""Do you remember the veronal?" said Ivanov slowly."