BARBITAL Definition & Meaning

barbital

[ bahr-bi-tawl, -tal ]

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Pharmacology.

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1915–20; barbit(uric acid) + ( Veron ) al, the name of a formerly used sedative and hypnotic

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The first barbiturate — barbitone, or barbital — hit the market in 1904 after its power to send dogs to sleep was discovered.

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A woman, who had taken morphine and barbital, was found apparently dead after a night's exposure in some lonely spot.

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