phenobarbital
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- noun
- /ˌfiːnoʊˈbɑːrbɪtəl/
- Specialized
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fenobarbital
- Bentyl with phenobarbital has been removed from bedside to eliminate any possibility of the phenobarbital causing depression.
- phenobarbital is a barbiturate
- take phenobarbital
- prescribed phenobarbital
Examples
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Her epilepsy is under control with Tegretol and Phenobarbital medication, and her last seizure was about four years ago.
Blog text (22) -
They started small, but increased in frequency, length, and intensity until he arrived at the emergency department of the children's hospital, where he was given phenobarbital.
Blog text (19) -
The kid took methaqualone and phenobarbital together.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's laced with lithium and phenobarbital.
Fiction book (1995) -
And the hypodermic, still full of phenobarbital, was a few feet away from the crib.
Fiction book (1990) -
Phenobarbital is a barbiturate, a class of drugs largely supplanted in modern medicine by benzodiazepine tranquilizers like Valium, precisely because of the high risk of death from overdose with barbiturates.
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The doctor prescribed phenobarbital to help control my seizures.
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After taking phenobarbital, she felt much more relaxed and at ease.
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Many patients rely on phenobarbital as a sedative during stressful procedures.
Synonyms
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A drug that makes you sleep or feel very calm and can cause death if you take too much
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A strong drug that makes people or animals sleep, stops severe seizures, and can humanely kill animals
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A medicine that makes you sleep and can control seizures
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A long acting drug that makes people sleepy and controls seizures
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A medicine that makes people sleep and helps control seizures
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A medicine that helps people sleep and feel calm
A long-acting medicine that calms the body and helps stop epileptic seizures
A long-acting medicine that calms the brain to treat seizures
A strong sleeping medicine that works for a long time
A strong sleeping medicine that makes people sleep
A strong medicine that makes people sleep and calms them
A strong drug that makes a person sleep or relax and stops seizures
A drug that makes a person sleep and feel relaxed
A medicine doctors use to help people sleep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word phenobarbital comes from two parts: pheno-, a chemical label, and barbiturate, the name for a group of drugs that 'calm' people or 'help them sleep'. So, phenobarbital is a specific barbiturate used as a sedative and to control seizures.