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glu⋅teth⋅i⋅mide

  [gloo-teth-uh-mahyd]
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–noun Pharmacology.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C13H15NO2, used as a hypnotic and sedative.
Origin:
1950–55; glute(n) + thi- + (a)mide
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glu·teth·i·mide   (glōō-těth'ə-mīd')   
n.  A nonbarbiturate sedative and hypnotic drug, C13H15NO2.

[glute(n) + thi(o)- + (a)mide.]
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Main Entry: glu·teth·i·mide
Pronunciation: glü-'teth-&-"mId, -m&d
Function: noun
: a sedative-hypnotic drugC13H15NO2 that is a derivative of piperidine and has pharmacological properties similar to the barbiturates
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glutethimide glu·teth·i·mide (gl&oomacr;-těth'ə-mīd')
n.
A nonbarbiturate sedative and hypnotic drug.

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