Barbiturate Definition

bär-bĭchər-ĭt, -ə-rāt, bär-bĭchə-wĭt

barbiturates

noun

Any depressant drug, as phenobarbital, derived from barbituric acid and used as a sedative, sleeping pill, anticonvulsant, etc.

Webster's New World

Any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives that act as central nervous system depressants and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.

American Heritage Medicine

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.

Wiktionary

(pharmacology) Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Barbiturate

Singular:

barbiturate

Plural:

barbiturates

barbitur(ic acid) –ate

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
See barbituric.

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