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phenobarb

phenobarb noun: the drug phenobarbital or phenobarbitone.

Noun

phenobarb (countable and uncountable, plural phenobarbs)

  1. (informal, uncountable) The drug phenobarbital or phenobarbitone.
  2. (countable, informal) A tablet of the drug.

Forms of phenobarb

pluralphenobarbs

Origin of phenobarb

Shortening.

Questions about phenobarb

What does phenobarb mean?
Phenobarb means the drug phenobarbital or phenobarbitone.
What part of speech is phenobarb?
Phenobarb is a noun.
What is the plural of phenobarb?
The plural of phenobarb is phenobarbs.

Words near phenobarb in the dictionary

  1. phenmetrazine
  2. phenmetrazines
  3. phenmiazine
  4. phenmiazines
  5. pheno-
  6. phenobarb
  7. phenobarbital
  8. phenobarbitals
  9. phenobarbitol
  10. phenobarbitone
  11. phenobarbitones

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