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Barbiturate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Barbiturate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal

2

Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.

See Also
probarbital hydrogen bromide carbubarb nealbarbital eterobarb depressant malonic acid pentobarbital
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sedative-hypnotic
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
amobarbital barbital mephobarbital pentobarbital sodium secobarbital sodium sodium thiopental thiopental
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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