AMOBARBITAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amobarbital mean? 

• AMOBARBITAL (noun)
  The noun AMOBARBITAL has 1 sense:

1. a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant

  Familiarity information: AMOBARBITAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMOBARBITAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("amobarbital" is a kind of...):

barbiturate (organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal)

truth drug; truth serum (an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amobarbital"):

amobarbital sodium; Amytal; blue; blue angel; blue devil (the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic)

 Context examples 

The determination of the amount of amobarbital present in a sample.

(Amobarbital Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)