amobarbital

[am-oh-bahr-bi-tal, -tawl]

am·o·bar·bi·tal

[am-oh-bahr-bi-tal, -tawl]
noun Pharmacology.
a colorless, crystalline barbiturate, C11H18N2O3, used chiefly as a sedative.

Origin:
1945–50; am(yl) + -o- + barbital
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amobarbital am·o·bar·bi·tal (ām'ō-bär'bĭ-tāl', -tôl')
n.
A barbiturate used as a sedative and a hypnotic.

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