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barbiturate
has definitions from the fields of medicine,pharmacology
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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)On_the_other_hand , the temporary reduction in hypothalamic excitability through the injection of a barbiturate into the posterior hypothalamus causes a lessening in frequency and amplitude of cortical strychnine spikes until the hypothalamic excitability is restored . |
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