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nonbarbiturate

nonbarbiturate noun: a substance that is not a barbiturate.

Noun

nonbarbiturate (plural nonbarbiturates)

  1. A substance that is not a barbiturate.
    • I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194

Forms of nonbarbiturate

pluralnonbarbiturates
alternative formnon-barbiturate

Origin of nonbarbiturate

From non- + barbiturate.

Questions about nonbarbiturate

What does nonbarbiturate mean?
Nonbarbiturate means a substance that is not a barbiturate.
What part of speech is nonbarbiturate?
Nonbarbiturate is a noun.
What is the plural of nonbarbiturate?
The plural of nonbarbiturate is nonbarbiturates.

Words near nonbarbiturate in the dictionary

  1. nonbarbaric
  2. nonbarbarous
  3. nonbarbecue
  4. nonbarbecued
  5. nonbarbed
  6. nonbarbiturate
  7. nonbarbiturates
  8. nonbarcoded
  9. nonbargainable
  10. nonbariatric
  11. nonbarking

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