Definition of meprobamate in English:

meprobamate

noun mɪˈprəʊbəmeɪt

mass noun

A bitter-tasting drug used, especially before the 1970s, as a mild tranquillizer.
Chemical formula: CH₃CH₂CH₂C(CH₂OCONH₂)₂CH₃
Example sentencesExamples
- Miscellaneous other modern drugs, such as glutethimide and meprobamate, are also used as sedatives, as are some very old ones, such as chloral hydrate.
- Myocardial infarction occasioned by ingestion of hydrocodone, carisoprodol, meprobamate, morphine (positive test using less than 100 mg/g)
- Tranquilizers and some muscle relaxants, such as benzodiazepines, barbiturates and meprobamate (brand names: Equanil, Miltown), should be avoided if at all possible.
- Physicians were treating anxious outpatients with meprobamate, or Miltown, a popular tranquilliser of the 1950s and 1960s.
- Drewes has found plenty of chemicals in treated wastewater - an antibiotic, a chemical used in perfume production, the muscle relaxant drug carisoprodol, and its metabolite meprobamate, among others.

Origin

1950s: from me(thyl) + pro(pyl) + (car)bamate.

Definition of meprobamate in US English:

meprobamate

noun

A bitter-tasting drug used, especially before the 1970s, as a mild tranquilizer.
Chemical formula: CH₃CH₂CH₂C(CH₂OCONH₂)₂CH₃
Example sentencesExamples
- Physicians were treating anxious outpatients with meprobamate, or Miltown, a popular tranquilliser of the 1950s and 1960s.
- Tranquilizers and some muscle relaxants, such as benzodiazepines, barbiturates and meprobamate (brand names: Equanil, Miltown), should be avoided if at all possible.
- Miscellaneous other modern drugs, such as glutethimide and meprobamate, are also used as sedatives, as are some very old ones, such as chloral hydrate.
- Myocardial infarction occasioned by ingestion of hydrocodone, carisoprodol, meprobamate, morphine (positive test using less than 100 mg/g)
- Drewes has found plenty of chemicals in treated wastewater - an antibiotic, a chemical used in perfume production, the muscle relaxant drug carisoprodol, and its metabolite meprobamate, among others.

Origin

1950s: from me(thyl) + pro(pyl) + (car)bamate.

单词	meprobamate
释义	Definition of meprobamate in English: meprobamate noun mɪˈprəʊbəmeɪt mass noun A bitter-tasting drug used, especially before the 1970s, as a mild tranquillizer. Chemical formula: CH₃CH₂CH₂C(CH₂OCONH₂)₂CH₃ Example sentencesExamples Miscellaneous other modern drugs, such as glutethimide and meprobamate, are also used as sedatives, as are some very old ones, such as chloral hydrate. Myocardial infarction occasioned by ingestion of hydrocodone, carisoprodol, meprobamate, morphine (positive test using less than 100 mg/g) Tranquilizers and some muscle relaxants, such as benzodiazepines, barbiturates and meprobamate (brand names: Equanil, Miltown), should be avoided if at all possible. Physicians were treating anxious outpatients with meprobamate, or Miltown, a popular tranquilliser of the 1950s and 1960s. Drewes has found plenty of chemicals in treated wastewater - an antibiotic, a chemical used in perfume production, the muscle relaxant drug carisoprodol, and its metabolite meprobamate, among others. Origin 1950s: from me(thyl) + pro(pyl) + (car)bamate. Definition of meprobamate in US English: meprobamate noun A bitter-tasting drug used, especially before the 1970s, as a mild tranquilizer. Chemical formula: CH₃CH₂CH₂C(CH₂OCONH₂)₂CH₃ Example sentencesExamples Physicians were treating anxious outpatients with meprobamate, or Miltown, a popular tranquilliser of the 1950s and 1960s. Tranquilizers and some muscle relaxants, such as benzodiazepines, barbiturates and meprobamate (brand names: Equanil, Miltown), should be avoided if at all possible. Miscellaneous other modern drugs, such as glutethimide and meprobamate, are also used as sedatives, as are some very old ones, such as chloral hydrate. Myocardial infarction occasioned by ingestion of hydrocodone, carisoprodol, meprobamate, morphine (positive test using less than 100 mg/g) Drewes has found plenty of chemicals in treated wastewater - an antibiotic, a chemical used in perfume production, the muscle relaxant drug carisoprodol, and its metabolite meprobamate, among others. Origin 1950s: from me(thyl) + pro(pyl) + (car)bamate.
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