hypnotics (noun)

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• barbiturate — noun Date: 1928 1. a salt or ester of barbituric acid 2. any of various derivatives of barbituric acid (as phenobarbital) that are used especially as sedatives, hypnotics, and antispasmodics and are often addictive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• barbiturate — noun a) Any salt or ester of barbituric acid. b) Any of a class of drugs that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics …   Wiktionary

• benzodiazepine — noun any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency • Hypernyms: ↑minor tranquilizer, ↑minor tranquillizer, ↑minor tranquilliser, ↑antianxiety drug …   Useful english dictionary

• technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …   Universalium

• hypnotic — I UK [hɪpˈnɒtɪk] / US [hɪpˈnɑtɪk] adjective 1) a) something that is hypnotic makes you feel like sleeping, especially because it is repeated in a regular way The rhythmic beating of the drums had a hypnotic effect on him. b) making you unable to… …   English dictionary