Definition of Phenylethylbarbituric acid

1. Noun. (chemistry dated) One of the ureid group of hypnotic drugs. ¹

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Medical Definition of Phenylethylbarbituric acid

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenylethylbarbituric Acid

phenylenediamine
phenylenediamines
phenylenedicarbene
phenylenes
phenylenevinylene
phenylenevinylenes
phenylephedrine
phenylephrine
phenylephrine hydrochloride
phenylephrines
phenylethanolamine n-methyltransferase
phenylethyl alcohol
phenylethylamine
phenylethylamine oxidase
phenylethylamines
phenylethylbarbituric acid (current term)
phenylethylene
phenylethylidenehydrazine
phenylethylmalonamide
phenylethylmalonylurea
phenylglycolic acid
phenylglyoxal
phenylglyoxylate - acceptor oxidoreductase
phenylhydrazine
phenylhydrazine haemolysis
phenylhydrazines
phenylhydrazone
phenylhydrazones
phenylhydroxylamine
phenylhydroxylamines

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