Meanings
plural phenobarbitals · alternative UK phenobarbitone
- countableuncountablemedicineA narcotic and sedative barbiturate drug used chiefly to treat epilepsy.
In trans-human state / It's time to evacuate / Waiting for a ride to take them to the Gate / Await the siren call / More phenobarbital / Pour it down the hatch, ingest it all
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA narcotic and sedative barbiturate drug used chiefly to treat epilepsy.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Frenchphéno-
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Frenchphényle
- Englishphenyl
- Englishpheno-
- Englishbarbital
- Englishphenobarbital
Translations
Finnish fenobarbitaali
- fenobarbitaalibarbiturate sedative
German Phenobarbital
- Phenobarbitalbarbiturate sedative
Portuguese fenobarbital
- fenobarbitalbarbiturate sedative
Spanish fenobarbital
- fenobarbitalbarbiturate sedative
Turkish fenobarbital
- fenobarbitalbarbiturate sedative
Cite this entry
phenobarbital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenobarbital
“phenobarbital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenobarbital. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phenobarbital,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenobarbital.
Source: phenobarbital on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.