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piperidinedione

piperidinedione

n. any of a class of chemically related drugs formerly used for daytime sedation or the management of insomnia but no longer in common clinical use. Their mechanism of action and toxicity are similar to the barbiturates. The prototype of the class is glutethimide.

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