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amobarbital

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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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am·o·bar·bi·tal   (ām'ō-bär'bĭ-tāl', -tôl')   
n.  A barbiturate, C11H18N2O3, used as a sedative and a hypnotic.

[am(yl) + barbital.]
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Main Entry: amo·bar·bi·tal
Pronunciation: "am-O-'bär-b&-"tol
Function: noun
: a barbiturateC11H18N2O3 used as a hypnotic and sedative; also : its sodium salt called also amylobarbitone; —see AMYTAL, TUINAL
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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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