deoxybarbiturate

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English

Etymology

From deoxy- +‎ barbiturate.

Noun

deoxybarbiturate (plural deoxybarbiturates)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of barbiturates that lack an oxygen (at position #2) in the pyrimidine ring