barbiturate.
Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.
Meaning & usage
Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.
Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from German Barbiturat, equivalent to barbituric + -ate.
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