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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
barbital
 
SYLLABICATION:bar·bi·tal
PRONUNCIATION:  bärb-tôl, -tl
NOUN: A barbiturate, C8H12N2O3, that is a white crystalline powder and is used as a sedative and hypnotic especially in the form of its soluble salt, sodium barbital.
ETYMOLOGY: barbit(uric acid) + –al3.
 
 
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