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Definition of meprobamate in English: meprobamatenoun mɪˈprəʊbəmeɪt mass nounA bitter-tasting drug used, especially before the 1970s, as a mild tranquillizer. Chemical formula: CH₃CH₂CH₂C(CH₂OCONH₂)₂CH₃ Example sentencesExamples - Miscellaneous other modern drugs, such as glutethimide and meprobamate, are also used as sedatives, as are some very old ones, such as chloral hydrate.
- Myocardial infarction occasioned by ingestion of hydrocodone, carisoprodol, meprobamate, morphine (positive test using less than 100 mg/g)
- Tranquilizers and some muscle relaxants, such as benzodiazepines, barbiturates and meprobamate (brand names: Equanil, Miltown), should be avoided if at all possible.
- Physicians were treating anxious outpatients with meprobamate, or Miltown, a popular tranquilliser of the 1950s and 1960s.
- Drewes has found plenty of chemicals in treated wastewater - an antibiotic, a chemical used in perfume production, the muscle relaxant drug carisoprodol, and its metabolite meprobamate, among others.
Origin1950s: from me(thyl) + pro(pyl) + (car)bamate. Definition of meprobamate in US English: meprobamatenoun A bitter-tasting drug used, especially before the 1970s, as a mild tranquilizer. Chemical formula: CH₃CH₂CH₂C(CH₂OCONH₂)₂CH₃ Example sentencesExamples - Physicians were treating anxious outpatients with meprobamate, or Miltown, a popular tranquilliser of the 1950s and 1960s.
- Tranquilizers and some muscle relaxants, such as benzodiazepines, barbiturates and meprobamate (brand names: Equanil, Miltown), should be avoided if at all possible.
- Miscellaneous other modern drugs, such as glutethimide and meprobamate, are also used as sedatives, as are some very old ones, such as chloral hydrate.
- Myocardial infarction occasioned by ingestion of hydrocodone, carisoprodol, meprobamate, morphine (positive test using less than 100 mg/g)
- Drewes has found plenty of chemicals in treated wastewater - an antibiotic, a chemical used in perfume production, the muscle relaxant drug carisoprodol, and its metabolite meprobamate, among others.
Origin1950s: from me(thyl) + pro(pyl) + (car)bamate. |