noun
- A United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action.
- synonyms: Order of the Purple Heart
- A long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative.
- synonyms: sodium thiopental, phenobarbital, phenobarbitone, Luminal
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