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barbiturate

[ bahr-bich-er-it, -uh-reyt; bahr-bi-toor-it, -eyt, -tyoor- ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.


barbiturate

/ -ˌreɪt; bɑːˈbɪtjʊrɪt /

noun

  1. a derivative of barbituric acid, such as phenobarbital, used in medicine as a sedative, hypnotic, or anticonvulsant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


barbiturate

/ bär-bĭchər-ĭt /

  1. Any of a group of drugs that act as depressants of the central nervous system, are highly addictive, and are used primarily as sedatives and anticonvulsants. Phenobarbital and pentobarbital are examples of barbiturates.


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  • nonbar·bitu·rate noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of barbiturate1

First recorded in 1925–30; barbitur(ic) + -ate 2
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Example Sentences

Because the Sarco uses nitrogen, a widely available gas, rather than the barbiturates that are typically used in euthanasia clinics, it does not require a physician to administer an injection or sign off on lethal drugs.

In 1952, a Houston lawyer filed an appeal on behalf of a 16-year-old girl who had spent nearly 200 days in isolation at the Gainesville State School after being held down by male guards and forcibly sedated with barbiturates.

Then a final injection — a concentrated barbiturate — is delivered directly into the vein, which halts all brain activity.

Now this new and wonderful discovery is nothing but Veronal-sodium (sodium diethyl-barbiturate) under another name.

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