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barbituric acid

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bar=bi=tu=ric ac=id

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun barbituric acid has 1 sense

barbituric acid(n = noun.substance) malonylurea - a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs; Array

is a kind of acid

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barbituric acid,

A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

barbituric acid, n. Chem. an organic acid from which various sedatives and sleep-inducing drugs are derived.

Etymology

F barbiturique f. G Barbiturs{auml}ure (S{auml}ure acid) f. the name Barbara

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