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barbiturate
bar·bi·tu·rate [ baar bíchərət, baar bíchə ràyt ] (plural bar·bi·tu·rates)


noun 
Definition:
 
sedative drug: a drug with sedative and hypnotic properties belonging to a group of derivatives of barbituric acid
[Late 19th century. <barbituric acid]
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