benzodiazepine

benzodiazepine

See also: benzodiazépine

English

The core structure of benzodiazepines. "R" labels denote common locations of side chains, which give different benzodiazepines their unique properties.

Etymology

From benzo- +‎ diazepine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛnzoʊdaɪˈæzɨpiːn/

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Noun

benzodiazepine (plural benzodiazepines)

1. (pharmacology) Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders.

   Synonym: (informal) benzo

   Coordinate term: barbiturate

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:benzodiazepine

   • 2023, Bret Easton Ellis, chapter 1, in The Shards:

     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.

Translations

any of a class of psychoactive drugs

Catalan: benzodiazepina f Chinese: Mandarin: 苯二氮䓬 (běnèrdànzhuó) Finnish: bentsodiatsepiini (fi) French: benzodiazépine (fr) m German: Benzodiazepin n Hungarian: benzodiazepin (hu) Italian: benzodiazepina (it) f Norwegian: Bokmål: benzodiazepin m Polish: benzodiazepina (pl) f Spanish: benzodiazepina f Swedish: bensodiazepin c, flödder n (slang)

Further reading

• benzodiazepine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dibenzoazepine

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Italian

Noun

benzodiazepine f

1. plural of benzodiazepina