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phenobarbitone Pharm.|fiːnə-, fɛnəˈbɑːbɪtəʊn|
[f. pheno- + barbitone.]
A white crystalline compound, 5-ethyl-5-phenyl-barbituric acid, C12H12N2O3, which is widely used as a sedative, hypnotic, and anticonvulsant, often in the form of its sodium salt. So phenobarbitone sodium. Cf. luminal n.
1932Brit. Pharmacopœia 330 Phenobarbitone is 5-phenyl-5-ethylbarbituric acid, and may be obtained by the condensation of ethyl phenylethylmalonate with urea. 1943, etc. [see anti-convulsant a. and n.]. 1954Newsweek 12 Apr. 90/2 To ‘keep their interest up’, he [sc. a rowing coach]..reportedly prescribed phenobarbitone pills for a good night's sleep on the eve of the race. 1970‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird vi. 85 She has an Attitude to Life which would drive a phenobarbitone pill up the wall. 1975Cawson & Spector Clin. Pharmacol. in Dentistry vi. 106 The main disadvantage of phenobarbitone is that as well as anti-anxiety (anxiolytic) properties, it is strongly sedative. |