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bar•bi•tur•ism
(bär bich′ə riz′əm),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
- Pathologychronic poisoning caused by the excessive use of phenobarbital, secobarbital, or other derivative of barbituric acid.
- barbitur(ic) + -ism
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