MEPHOBARBITAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mephobarbital mean? 

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

1. a long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEPHOBARBITAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Mebaral; mephobarbital

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

anticonvulsant; anticonvulsant drug; antiepileptic; antiepileptic drug (a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy))

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

 Context examples 

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

(Mephobarbital Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)