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Definition of Phenobarbital

1. Noun. A long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative.

Definition of Phenobarbital

1. Noun. (pharmaceutical drug) A barbiturate drug used as a sedative. ¹

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Definition of Phenobarbital

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Medical Definition of Phenobarbital

1. A barbiturate used as a sedative and an anticonvulsant. It was used as an anti-anxiety agent but has been supplanted by benzodiazepines for that purpose. It may also be useful in the treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia and in the symptomatic treatment of opiate withdrawal in mothers and infants. Pharmacological action: anticonvulsants, gaba modulators, sedatives, barbiturate. Chemical name: 2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-Pyrimidinetrione, 5-ethyl-5-phenyl- (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Phenobarbital

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Within the last two or three years phenobarbital (luminal) has been used extensively as a hypnotic and sedative in various nervous conditions. ..."

2. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1922)
"A patient under phenobarbital treatment should be instructed that, ... Phenobarbital should not be dispensed by druggists except on the prescription of a ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The absence of tubal ova following injection of phenobarbital, toxin, ... Other hamsters (two/group) were injected on Day 4 with phenobarbital (140 mg/kg) ..."

4. Carcinogenic Potency Database, Endocrine Disruptors edited by Lois Swirsky Gold (2000)
"... 50-06-6 Phenobarbital 57-30-7 Phenobarbital, SODIUM 50-06-6 PHENOBARBITONE (see Phenobarbital) 57-30-7 PHENOBARBITONE, SODIUM (see Phenobarbital. ..."

5. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"High phenobarbital concentrations may also lead to sedation of the infant and ... Often phenobarbital may only be required for treatment of post- asphyxial ..."

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