ALL meanings of barbiturate
bar·bi·tu·rate
B b - countable noun barbiturate A barbiturate is a drug which people take to make them calm or to help them to sleep. 3
- noun barbiturate a derivative of barbituric acid, such as phenobarbital, used in medicine as a sedative, hypnotic, or anticonvulsant 3
- noun barbiturate any depressant drug, as phenobarbital, derived from barbituric acid and used as a sedative, sleeping pill, anticonvulsant, etc. 3
- noun barbiturate drug: sedative 1
- noun barbiturate any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics. 1
- noun barbiturate Any of a class of sedative and sleep-inducing drugs derived from barbituric acid. 1
- noun barbiturate (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of barbituric acid. 0
- noun barbiturate (pharmacology) Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics. 0