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phenobarbital

English

Alternative forms

  • phenobarbitone (British)

Etymology

From pheno- +? barbital.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fi?.n?(?)?b??.b?t.?l/, /?f?n.?(?)?b??.b?t.?l/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?fi?.no??b??.b??t?l/

Noun

phenobarbital (countable and uncountable, plural phenobarbitals)

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

Synonyms

  • purple heart

Translations

References

  • “phenobarbitone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  • “phenobarbital”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

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primidone

English

Etymology

Blend of p(y)rimid(ine) +? d(i)one.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??m.?d.??n/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?p?a?.m??do?n/, /?p??m.??do?n/

Noun

primidone (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) An anticonvulsant drug chemically related (and partially metabolized) to phenobarbital, used in the treatment of epilepsy and essential (idiopathic) tremor.

References

  • “primidone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  • “primidone”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

  • prinomide

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