diethylbarbituric acid, CHNO, a drug in the form of a white powder, used as a hypnotic and sedative: it is habit-forming and toxic
Origin of barbital
barbit(uric acid) + -albarbital
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barbital
noun
A barbiturate, C8H12N2O3, that is a white crystalline powder and was formerly used as a hypnotic and sedative especially in the form of its sodium salt.
Origin of barbital
barbit(uric acid) -al 3THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s.
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barbital - Medical Definition
n.
A barbiturate, C8H12N2O3, that is a white crystalline powder and was formerly used as a hypnotic and sedative especially in the form of its sodium salt.
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