phenobarbitaln.
/ˌfiːnə(ʊ)ˈbɑːbᵻtl/, U.S. /ˈˌfinoʊˈbɑrbəˌtɔl/, /ˈˌfinoʊˈbɑrbəˌtɑl/ Pharmacology (originally North American).
A barbiturate with anticonvulsant properties, now used chiefly for the treatment of epilepsy; a tablet of this.Chemical name: 5-ethyl-5-phenylbarbituric acid, C12H12N2O3. A proprietary name for this drug is Luminal n.
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Luminal1912
phenobarbital1919
Nembutal1930
pentobarbital1931
phenobarbitone1932
pentobarbitone1938
allobarbital1944
pheno1949
nembie1950
phenobarb1951
1918 New & Nonofficial Remedies (Amer. Med. Assoc.) p. vi In accordance with the action of the Federal Trade Commission, New and Nonofficial Remedies recognizes..Phenylbarbital as the official name for the product first introduced as luminal.]
1919 New & Nonofficial Remedies (Amer. Med. Assoc.) 84 Phenobarbital is claimed to be a useful hypnotic in nervous insomnia.
1950 M. Lowry Let. Jan. (1967) 189 I must have had one too many phenobarbital.
1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. ii. 18 Barbiturates, such as phenobarbital, cause depression.
1998 S. Fried Bitter Pills i. iii. 76 He wondered what would happen if she switched..to one of the old-time drugs used expressly for seizures, like Dilantin (phenytoin) or phenobarbital.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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