phenobarbital

Questions about phenobarbital

What does phenobarbital mean?

phenobarbital means "a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative".

How many syllables are in phenobarbital?

phenobarbital has 5 syllables: phe-no-bar-bi-tal. The stress falls on "bar".

What is another word for phenobarbital?

Close synonyms include sodium thiopental, phenobarbitone, Luminal, purple heart. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phenobarbital a common word?

phenobarbital is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.