Sleeping pill definitions

Sleeping pill

1) Barbiturate 2) Pest in dreamland 3) Sominex or Nytol tablet
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sleeping pill

<pharmacology> Sedative medications used to promote sleep. The benzodiazepines and barbiturates are commonly used. ... Examples include: diazepam, flurazepam, triazolam, chlordiazepoxide, secobarbital, amobarbital, talbutal and pentobarbital. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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sleeping pill

[n] - a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
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sleeping pill

sleeping tablet noun a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
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sleeping pill

Any sedative that induces sleep; in small doses, such drugs may relieve anxiety
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221

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