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bar·bi·tal
(bar'bi-tawl),A hypnotic and sedative; available as barbital sodium (soluble barbital), with the same uses; often used as a buffer.
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barbital
(bär′bĭ-tôl′, -tăl′)n.
A barbiturate, C8H12N2O3, that is a white crystalline powder and was formerly used as a hypnotic and sedative especially in the form of its sodium salt.
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bar·bi·tal
(bar'bi-tawl)Hypnotic and sedative agent.
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