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barbiturate
noun as in sedative
noun as in sleeping pill
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Because the Sarco uses nitrogen, a widely available gas, rather than the barbiturates that are typically used in euthanasia clinics, it does not require a physician to administer an injection or sign off on lethal drugs.
In 1952, a Houston lawyer filed an appeal on behalf of a 16-year-old girl who had spent nearly 200 days in isolation at the Gainesville State School after being held down by male guards and forcibly sedated with barbiturates.
Then a final injection — a concentrated barbiturate — is delivered directly into the vein, which halts all brain activity.
Now this new and wonderful discovery is nothing but Veronal-sodium (sodium diethyl-barbiturate) under another name.
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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to barbiturate, such as: medication, narcotic, opiate, sleeping pill, analgesic, and anodyne.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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