Barbiturate

Definition: Barbiturate

Barbiturate

Noun

1. Organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal.

Specialty Definitions: Barbiturate

Domain	Definitions
Health	A drug with sedative and hypnotic effects. Barbiturates have been used as sedatives and anesthetics, and they have been used to treat the convulsions associated with epilepsy. (references)
Medicine	Synthetic hypnotic derivate of malonic acid and urea. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Barbiturate

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Barbiturates are drugs that acts as central nervous system (CNS) depressants, and by virtue of this they produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to anesthesia. Some also are used as anticonvulsants.

Medical uses

Today barbiturates are mainly used as anticonvulsants and for the induction of anesthesia.

These barbiturates are available in the US:

Amobarbital (hypnotic)
Aprobarbital (hypnotic)
Butabarbital (hypnotic)
Butalbital (sedative)
Mephobarbital (antianxiety)
Pentobarbital (hypnotic)
Phenobarbital (anticonvulsant)
Secobarbital (hypnotic)
Thiobarbital (anesthetic)

Barbiturate abuse

Barbiturates were very popular in the first half of the 20th century. In moderate amounts, these drugs produce a state of intoxication that is remarkably similar to alcohol intoxication. Symptoms include slurred speech, loss of motor coordination, and impaired judgment. Depending on the dose, frequency, and duration of use, one can rapidly develop tolerance, physical dependence, and psychological dependence to barbiturates. With the development of tolerance, the margin of safety between the effective dose and the lethal dose becomes very narrow. That is, in order to obtain the same level of intoxication, the tolerant abuser may raise his or her dose to a level that may result in coma or death. Although many individuals have taken barbiturates therapeutically without harm, concern about the addiction potential of barbiturates and the ever-increasing number of fatalities associated with them led to the development of alternative medications. Today, less than 10 percent of all sedative/hypnotic prescriptions in the United States are for barbiturates.

Text partially derived from: Source: U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Barbiturate."

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Crosswords: Barbiturate

English words defined with "barbiturate": amobarbital, amobarbital sodium, Amytal ♦ barbital, barbitone, barbituric acid, blue, blue angel ♦ diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea ♦ Ketalar, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride ♦ Luminal ♦ malonylurea, Mebaral, mephobarbital ♦ Nembutal ♦ pentobarbital, pentobarbital sodium, Pentothal, phenobarbital, phenobarbitone, Purple Heart ♦ red devil ♦ secobarbital, secobarbital sodium, Seconal, sodium thiopental ♦ thiopental, thiopental sodium, thiopentobarbital sodium ♦ veronal ♦ yellow jacket. (references)

Specialty definitions using "barbiturate": Barbiturates, Bemegride ♦ Convulsants ♦ Hexobarbital ♦ long-acting barbiturate ♦ Sedatives, Barbiturate. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Barbiturate

Domain	Title
Books	Tranquilizer, Barbiturate, and Downer Drug Dangers (Drug Dangers) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Barbiturate

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Overall, the risk is not different from that associated with the use of short-acting barbiturate anesthetics. (references)
		Major withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose and subside after about a week. Sudden withdrawal by heavily dependent users who are in poor health is occasionally fatal, although heroin withdrawal is considered much less dangerous than alcohol or barbiturate withdrawal. (references)
		Although no extensive body of research regarding the treatment of barbiturate and benzodiazepine addiction exists, patients addicted to these medications should undergo medically supervised detoxification because the dose must be gradually tapered off. Inpatient or outpatient counseling can help the individual during this process. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Barbiturate

"Barbiturate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Barbiturate" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	18	82,615

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Barbiturate

Expression using "barbiturate": barbiturate poisoning. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Barbiturate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
barbiturate	238
barbiturate picture	7
barbiturate withdrawal	6
barbiturate drug	3
barbiturate search	3
barbiturate name street	3
barbiturate overdose	2
barbiturate suicide	2
barbiturate form	2
barbiturate danger downer drug tranquilizer	2
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Modern Translations: Barbiturate

Language		Translations for "barbiturate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏البربيتوريك حامض مسكن. (various references)

Bulgarian		барбитурат. (various references)

Chinese		巴�"土酸盐. (various references)

Czech		barbiturát. (various references)

Danish		barbiturat. (various references)

Dutch		barbituraat. (various references)

Esperanto		barbiturato. (various references)

Farsi		نمک اسیدباربیتوریک . (various references)

French		barbiturique. (various references)

German		barbiturat. (various references)

Greek		βαρβιτουρικόν άλας, βαρβιτουρικό άλασ, βαρβιτουρικά (barbiturates). (various references)

Hungarian		bárbitúr tartalmú altatósav. (various references)

Italian		barbiturico (barbituric). (various references)

Manx		barbichoorait. (various references)

Pig Latin		arbituratebay.(various references)

Portuguese		barbiturato, barbitúrico (barbituric), drunfo (downer). (various references)

Romanian		barbituric (barbituric). (various references)

Russian		барбитурат. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		barbiturat. (various references)

Spanish		barbitúrico (barbituric). (various references)

Swedish		barbiturat. (various references)

Thai		ยาก�"ประสาทชนิ�"หนึ่ง. (various references)

Turkish		barbiturat, uyku hapı (sleeping draught, sleeping tablet). (various references)

Ukranian		барбітурат. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Barbiturate

Derivations
	Words beginning with "barbiturate": barbiturates. (additional references)
	Words ending with "barbiturate": nonbarbiturate. (additional references)
	Words containing "barbiturate": nonbarbiturates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Barbiturate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barbituate, barbiurate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Barbiturate"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "barbiturate" (pronounced bÄrbi"kherut)
3	-er u t	accurate, commensurate, confederate, conglomerate, considerate, corporate, degenerate, deliberate, directorate, disparate, doctorate, electorate, emirate, favorite, illiterate, inaccurate, inspectorate, intemperate, inveterate, literate, moderate, protectorate, triumvirate.
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Anagrams: Barbiturate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-e-i-r-r-t-t-u"
	-2 letters: arbitrate.
	-3 letters: aubretia, aubrieta, birretta, brattier, rabbiter.
	-4 letters: abutter, arbiter, arietta, barbate, batteau, battier, biretta, bruiter, rarebit, rattier, ruttier, tabaret, tribute, tuatera, tubbier.
	-5 letters: abater, arbute, artier, attire, aurate, baiter, barber, barbet, barbut, barite, barret, barter, bateau, batter, battue, bitter, briber, burier, butter, errata, irater, rabbet, rabbit, ratite, ratter, rebait, ribber, ritter, rubati, rubber, rubier, tartar, tarter, tauter, terbia, territ, triter, tubate, tubber, turbit, turret.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-e-i-r-r-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: barbiturates.
	+3 letters: nonbarbiturate.
	+4 letters: nonbarbiturates.
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