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Definition of Barbital
1. Noun. A barbiturate used as a hypnotic.
Generic synonyms: Barbiturate
Definition of Barbital
1. Noun. The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barbital
1. a sedative [n -S] - See also: sedative
Medical Definition of Barbital
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbital
Literary usage of Barbital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"This is produced by the local application of barbital to the scarified skin (Sollmann,
1917). ... barbital is used in nervous insomnia, mania and delirium. ..."
2. The Principles of Therapeutics by Oliver Thomas Osborne (1921)
"They have been supplanted by barbital (veronal) principally because it acts more
rapidly, ... barbital is another synthetic hypnotic which occurs as a white ..."
3. Useful drugs (1921)
"ACTIONS AXD USES: barbital is quickly absorbed, especially when it is given in
... ACTION AND USES : barbital-Sodium has the same properties as barbital, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1920)
"The most commonly used hypnotics at the present time are barbital, formerly known
... Of these compounds, barbital is by far the mort commonly used and is ..."
5. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"In routine class-room study of the hypnotic drugs, it was observed that with a
sufficient dosage of barbital the effects, from depression to the state of ..."
6. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Protection Against by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Place 250 ml of the stock sodium barbital-phosphate buffer in a 500 ml bottle.
2. Add 0.03 g of saponin per 250 ml of stock barbital-phosphate buffer. 3. ..."
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