barbituate
US/ˌbɑɹˈbɪt͡ʃu.ɪt/
barbituate is the alternative form of barbiturate.
Meaning of barbiturate
Noun
barbiturate (plural barbiturates)
- Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.
- Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.
- Following the “Summer of Love” in 1967, amphetamines and barbiturates began to replace psychedelics as the dominant drugs used in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, and increasing numbers of individuals were treated at the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic for complications following...1977, Donald R. Wesson, David Elvin Smith, Barbiturates, their use, misuse, and abuse, New York: Human Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 9
Forms of barbituate
| plural | barbituates |
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Questions about barbituate
- What is barbituate the alternative form of?
- Barbituate is the alternative form of barbiturate.
- How do you pronounce barbituate?
- Barbituate is pronounced /ˌbɑɹˈbɪt͡ʃu.ɪt/ (US).
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