Barbital Definition
bärbĭ-tôl, -tăl
noun
Diethylbarbituric acid, C8H12N2O3, a drug in the form of a white powder, used as a hypnotic and sedative: it is habit-forming and toxic.
Webster's New World
A barbiturate, C8 H12 N2 O3 , that is a white crystalline powder and was formerly used as a hypnotic and sedative especially in the form of its sodium salt.
American Heritage Medicine
The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- diethylmalonylurea
- diethylbarbituric acid
- barbitone
- veronal
Origin of Barbital
barbit(uric acid) –al
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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