Meaning

2 senses

  1. Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.

    барбитура́тbarbiturát

  2. Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.

    Barbiturat, Barbitursäurepräparat

    барбитура́тbarbiturát

    барбітура́тbarbiturát

More definitions
  • organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system:
Русский
By meaning 1
salt or ester of barbituric acid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system:

Origin

Borrowed from German Barbiturat, equivalent to barbituric + -ate.

Borrowed from German Barbiturat, equivalent to barbituric + -ate.

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Forms

plural: barbiturates
Singularbarbiturate
Pluralbarbiturates

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
barbbarbiegoofball

Word family

7 related words
Relatedamphetamine
Derivedbarbituratismbarbiturismdeoxybarbituratenonbarbiturateoxybarbituratethiobarbiturate

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
barberA2barbershopB2barbiebarcodebard

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