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barbital definition

☆ bar·bi·tal (bär′bi tôl′, -tal′)

noun

diethylbarbituric acid, CHNO, a drug in the form of a white powder, used as a hypnotic and sedative: it is habit-forming and toxic

Etymology: barbit(uric acid) + -al

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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