phenobarbital

English

Chemical structure of phenobarbital

Alternative forms

• phenobarbitone (UK)

Etymology

From pheno- +‎ barbital.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfiː.nə(ʊ)ˈbɑː.bɪt.əl/, /ˌfɛn.ə(ʊ)ˈbɑː.bɪt.əl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfiː.noʊˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/

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Noun

phenobarbital (countable and uncountable, plural phenobarbitals)

1. (pharmacology) A narcotic and sedative barbiturate drug used chiefly to treat epilepsy.

Synonyms

• purple heart

Translations

barbiturate sedative

• Finnish: fenobarbitaali
• Portuguese: fenobarbital
• Spanish: fenobarbital m
• Turkish: fenobarbital

References

• “phenobarbitone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “phenobarbital”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.