Barbiturate is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Barbiturate meaning
- Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.
- Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.
Synonyms of Barbiturate
Barbiturate vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Barbiturate
- The main meaning on this page is: Any salt or ester of barbituric acid. | Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.
- Useful related words include: sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic drug.
- Possible Dutch translations are: barbituraat.
- In the example corpus, barbiturate often appears in combinations such as: and barbiturate, of barbiturate.
Context around Barbiturate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barbiturate
- In this selection, "barbiturate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, addiction, test and anxiolytics stand out and add context to how "barbiturate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alcoholism and barbiturate addiction throughout and alternative to barbiturate anxiolytics meprobamate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barbiturate" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barbiturate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A diagnosis is verified by a benzodiazepine or barbiturate test. (10 words)
Edie had struggled with alcoholism and barbiturate addiction throughout her life. (11 words)
Carbamates Marketed as a safer alternative to barbiturate anxiolytics, meprobamate (Miltown, Equanil) was commonly used to relieve anxiety in the late 1950s and 1960s. (24 words)
This has kept them a structurally sound breed which is predominantly free from the physical exaggerations that can lead to certain health problems. citation Whippets are, like other sighthounds, intolerant of barbiturate anaesthetics. (33 words)
Supporting the accidental cause, her doctor noted that a prescription of 25 barbiturate pills was found by her bedside half empty and another bottle of 100 was still unopened. (29 words)
Individuals with a history of alcohol, opioid and barbiturate abuse should avoid benzodiazepines, as there is a risk of life-threatening interactions with these drugs. (25 words)
Example sentences (7)
Edie had struggled with alcoholism and barbiturate addiction throughout her life.
A diagnosis is verified by a benzodiazepine or barbiturate test.
Carbamates Marketed as a safer alternative to barbiturate anxiolytics, meprobamate (Miltown, Equanil) was commonly used to relieve anxiety in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Individuals with a history of alcohol, opioid and barbiturate abuse should avoid benzodiazepines, as there is a risk of life-threatening interactions with these drugs.
Sodium thiopental, and the barbiturate class of drugs, decrease neuronal activity and therefore decrease the production of osmotically active metabolites, which in turn decreases swelling.
Supporting the accidental cause, her doctor noted that a prescription of 25 barbiturate pills was found by her bedside half empty and another bottle of 100 was still unopened.
This has kept them a structurally sound breed which is predominantly free from the physical exaggerations that can lead to certain health problems. citation Whippets are, like other sighthounds, intolerant of barbiturate anaesthetics.
Common combinations with barbiturate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and barbiturate 2×
- of barbiturate 2×