barbiturate

English

Alternative forms

• barbituate (US, colloquial, nonstandard)

Etymology

See barbituric.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈbɪtʃəɹɪt/, /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈbɪtʃəɹeɪt/, /ˌbɑɹbɪˈt(j)ʊəɹɪt/, /ˌbɑɹbɪˈt(j)ʊəɹeɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑɹˈbɪtʃu.ɪt/, /ˌbɑɹˈbɪt(j)u.ɪt/

• Audio (UK):

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• Hyphenation: bar‧bit‧ur‧ate

Noun

barbiturate (plural barbiturates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.
2. (pharmacology) Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.

Translations

salt or ester of barbituric acid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴比妥酸鹽／巴比妥酸盐, 巴比妥酸盐 (bābǐtuǒ suānyán), 巴比妥酸酯 (bābǐtuǒ suānzhǐ)

• Finnish: barbituraatti (fi)
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• Greek: βαρβιτουρικό n (varvitourikó)
• Irish: barbatúráit f
• Russian: барбитура́т (ru) m (barbiturát)

derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system

• Arabic: باربتيورات m (barbtywrat)
• Armenian: բարբիտուրատ (hy) (barbiturat)
• Basque: barbituriko
• Bengali: বারবিচুরেট (barobicureṭ)
• Bulgarian: барбитурат m (barbiturat)
• Catalan: barbitúric m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴比妥類藥物／巴比妥类药物 (bābǐtuǒ lèi yàowù), 巴比妥类药物 (bābǐtuǒlèi yàowù)

• Czech: barbiturát m
• Danish: barbiturat
• Dutch: barbituraat (nl) n
• Esperanto: barbiturato
• Finnish: barbituraatti (fi)
• French: barbiturique (fr)
• Galician: barbitúrico m
• Georgian: ბარბიტურატ (barbiṭuraṭ)
• German: Barbiturat n, Barbitursäurepräparat n
• Greek: βαρβιτουρικό n (varvitourikó)
• Hindi: बार्बीचुरेट्स (bārbīcureṭs)
• Ido: barbiturato (io)
• Indonesian: barbiturat (id)
• Irish: barbatúráit f
• Italian: barbiturato m
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• Japanese: バルビツレート (barubitsurēto)
• Korean: 바비튜레이트 (babityureiteu)
• Latvian: barbiturāti m
• Malay: barbiturat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barbiturat m

  Nynorsk: barbiturat m

• Polish: barbituran (pl) m
• Portuguese: barbitúrico m
• Russian: барбитура́т (ru) m (barbiturát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: барбитурат m

  Roman: barbiturat m

• Slovak: barbiturát m
• Slovene: barbiturat m
• Spanish: barbitúrico (es) m
• Swedish: barbiturat n
• Tajik: барбитурат (barbiturat)
• Thai: บาร์บิเชอริต (baa bì cher-rít)
• Turkish: barbitürat
• Ukrainian: барбітура́т m (barbiturát)
• Uzbek: barbiturat
• Waray-Waray: barbituriko

See also

• amphetamine

Further reading

• barbiturate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia