Gaboxadol

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An experimental drug derived from muscimol, formerly being developed as a sleep aid. uncountable

Etymology

From gab- (“gabamimetic agent”) + (is)oxa(zole) + -adol (“analgesic”).

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