phenobarbital Pharm.
(fiːnə-, fɛnəˈbɑːbɪtəl)
[f. pheno- + barbital.]
The equivalent in the U.S. Pharmacopeia of phenobarbitone; also, a tablet of this.
| [1918 New & Nonofficial Remedies (Amer. Med. Assoc.) p. vi, In accordance with the action of the Federal Trade Commission, New and Nonofficial Remedies recognizes..Phenylbarbital as the official name for the product first introduced as luminal.] 1919 Ibid. 84 Phenobarbital is claimed to be a useful hypnotic in nervous insomnia. 1938 [see amphetamine]. 1950 M. Lowry Let. Jan. (1967) 189, I must have had one too many phenobarbital. 1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. ii. 18 Barbiturates, such as phenobarbital, cause depression. Ibid. xi. 202 Barbital was widely used for about a decade until the introduction of phenobarbital (Luminal) in 1912. |