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quinalbarbitone

/kwɪnəlˈbɑːbɪtəʊn/

quinalbarbitone noun: a sedative-hypnotic compound, 5-allyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-barbituric acid, used to sedate patients before an operation.

Noun

quinalbarbitone (uncountable)

  1. A sedative-hypnotic compound, 5-allyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-barbituric acid, used to sedate patients before an operation.
    • Seconal is the commercial name of the barbiturate quinalbarbitone. Its generic name is secobarbital. […] Her blood contained a quinalbarbitone level of 27.3mg per litre, five times the potentially fatal level.2001 October 14, Jason Burke, “Death of a princess”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2014

Synonyms of quinalbarbitone

Origin of quinalbarbitone

From Latin quinque (“five”) + English allyl + barbitone.

Questions about quinalbarbitone

What does quinalbarbitone mean?
Quinalbarbitone means a sedative-hypnotic compound, 5-allyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-barbituric acid, used to sedate patients before an operation.
What part of speech is quinalbarbitone?
Quinalbarbitone is a noun.
How do you pronounce quinalbarbitone?
Quinalbarbitone is pronounced /kwɪnəlˈbɑːbɪtəʊn/.

Words near quinalbarbitone in the dictionary

  1. quinacrine
  2. quinacrines
  3. Quinagasan
  4. quinagolide
  5. Quinaielt
  6. quinalbarbitone
  7. quinaldic
  8. quinaldine
  9. quinaldines
  10. quinaldinic
  11. quinaldinic acid

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