BARBITURIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barbituric acid mean? 

• BARBITURIC ACID (noun)
  The noun BARBITURIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs

  Familiarity information: BARBITURIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARBITURIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

barbituric acid; malonylurea

Hypernyms ("barbituric acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

 Context examples 

A long-acting barbituric acid derivative with antipsychotic property.

(Phenobarbital, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt of pentobarbital, a short-acting barbituric acid derivative with central nervous system (CNS) depressant property.

(Pentobarbital Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)