Mogadonn.
/ˈmɒɡədɒn/, U.S. /ˈmɑɡədn/, /ˈmɑɡəˌdɑn/ The drug nitrazepam, used to treat insomnia; a tablet of this.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > hypnotic > specific drugs
codeine1833
codeia1834
chloral1838
paraldehyde1857
hypnone1886
chloralamide1889
sulphonal1889
uralium1889
ural1891
thymacetin1892
chloralose1893
chloretone1899
hedonal1900
veronal1903
Medinal1908
barbitone1914
barbital1919
Sedormid1928
benzodiazepine1934
hexobarbital1941
hexobarbitone1941
glutethimide1955
Placidyl1955
Mogadon1956
chlordiazepoxide1960
nitrazepam1965
flurazepam1968
medazepam1968
lorazepam1969
Rohypnol1971
flunitrazepam1973
triazolam1973
methapyrilene1974
Halcion1975
1956 Trade Marks Jrnl. 22 Feb. 180/2 Mogadon... All goods included in class 5 [sc. pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary substances].
1965 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Nov. 1093/2 They received 15 mg. of Mogadon (nitrazepam, an analogue of chlordiazepoxide), an effective new non-barbiturate hypnotic.
1972 D. Marlowe Do you remember England? ii. 32 She took a sleeping tablet (Mogadon).
1983 D. Stafford-Clark & A. C. Smith Psychiatry for Students (ed. 6) vii. 122 Sleep can be secured by adjusting the dose of..a benzodiazepine such as nitrazepam (Mogadon; 5–10 mg).
1990 Picture (Sydney) 20 Feb. 18/3 (headline) All you need's a cuppa, a mogadon and a good lay!
1999 J. Cope Repossessed 100 I took two Mogadons to sleep through it all.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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