Nonbarbiturate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A substance that is not a barbiturate.

    "I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics."

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"I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics."

Etymology

From non- + barbiturate.

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