blue angel

1. 1.

   the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

   Synonymsamobarbital sodiumblueblue devilAmytal

   Broaderamobarbital

Questions about blue angel

What does blue angel mean?

blue angel means "the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic".

What is another word for blue angel?

Close synonyms include amobarbital sodium, blue, blue devil, Amytal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blue angel a common word?

blue angel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.