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glutethimide

[ gloo-teth-uh-mahyd ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of glutethimide1

First recorded in 1950–55; glute(n) + thi- + (a)mide

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