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barbiturate Chem.|bɑːˈbɪtjʊərət, -eɪt, bɑːbɪˈtjʊərət|
[f. barbituric a. + -ate1 1 c.]
A salt of barbituric acid; one of the group of hypnotic and sedative substances derived from barbituric acid. Also attrib. or as adj.
1928Biol. Abstr. 17323 (title) Anesthesia in the dog of allyl-isopropyl-diethylamine barbiturate. 1930Lancet 1 Mar. 473/2 G. Link, who has used isoamylethyl barbiturate in goitre surgery. Ibid. 15 Nov. 1086/1 (title) The Barbiturates in Labour Cases. 1931Ibid. 14 Mar. 586/1 A symposium on the Barbiturates in Anæsthesia was opened by Dr. M. Nierenstein, who described in detail the chemistry of barbituric acid and its derivatives. 1955Sci. News Let. 9 July 19/2 The barbiturate family of sleeping medicines. 1957N.Z. Listener 26 July 15/3 Some of you must already be addicts to barbiturates... Ultimately not only physical but moral health deteriorates if you become a barbiturate habitue. 1963Times 21 Dec. 6/2 The pathologist's view was that the overdose of barbiturate she had taken would have proved fatal. 1967Spectator 7 July 10/1 As regards addiction, it is now definitely established that people can become dependent on barbiturates. |