quinalbarbitone
/kwɪnəlˈbɑːbɪtəʊn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sedative-hypnotic compound, 5-allyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-barbituric acid, used to sedate patients before an operation.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Seconal is the commercial name of the barbiturate quinalbarbitone. Its generic name is secobarbital. […] Her blood contained a quinalbarbitone level of 27.3mg per litre, five times the potentially fatal level."