benzodiazepine

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benzodiazepine

  • /ˌbɛnzoʊdaɪˈæzɪpiːn/

noun benzodiazepines

  1. Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders. That week we were in the desert I couldn't sleep—perhaps a couple of hours each night at the most even with a steady intake of benzodiazepine.

    Similar: BZD, benzo, benzodiazepine

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noun any of a class of psychoactive drugs

Españolbenzodiazepina, benzodiacepina
日本語ベンゾジアゼピン benzojiazepin
中文苯二氮䓬 běn'èrdànzhuó
Portuguêsbenzodiazepina
Françaisbenzodiazépine
DeutschBenzodiazepin
Italianobenzodiazepina
Русскийбѐнзодиазепи́н bènzodiazepín

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@misc{benzodiazepine_2026,
  title = {benzodiazepine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/benzodiazepine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}