BARBITAL

barbital, veronal, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea

(noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

barbital (countable and uncountable, plural barbitals)

The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s.

Synonyms

• barbitone

• diethylbarbituric acid

• diethylmalonyl urea

Source: Wiktionary



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