barbiturate
pronunciation
How to pronounce barbiturate in British English:
UK [bɑ:ˈbɪtʃʊrət]
How to pronounce barbiturate in American English:
US [bɑrˈbɪtʃʊrət]
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- Noun:
- organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
Word Origin
- barbiturate (n.)
- 1928 (morphine barbiturate is from 1918), from German, coined 1863 by chemist Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917) from Barbitursäure "barbituric acid," itself coined by Baeyer, perhaps from woman's name Barbara, or perhaps from Latin barbata, in Medieval Latin usnea barbata, literally "bearded moss." Second element is because it was obtained from uric acid. With chemical ending -ate (3).
Example
- 1. But ohio and washington use a larger dose of just one drug , a fast-acting barbiturate that doesn 't destroy organs .
- 2. Workplace air -- determination of hydrogen cyanide and cyanides -- sodium isonicotinate-sodium barbiturate spectrophotometric method .
- 3. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate used as a sedative and a hypnotic .