"benzodiazepine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbɛnzoʊdaɪˈæzɪpiːn/ Audio: En-US-benzodiazepine.wav [US] Forms: benzodiazepines [plural]
Etymology: From benzo- + diazepine. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|benzo|diazepine}} benzo- + diazepine Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Synonyms: BZD, benzo [informal], benzodiazepine Hypernyms: anxiolytic, pharmaceutical Hyponyms: alprazolam, bromazepam, clonazepam, diazepam, haloxazolam, meclonazepam Related terms: List of benzodiazepines Translations (any of a class of psychoactive drugs): benzodiazepina [feminine] (Catalan), 苯二氮䓬 (běnèrdànzhuó) (Chinese Mandarin), bentsodiatsepiini (Finnish), benzodiazépine [masculine] (French), Benzodiazepin [neuter] (German), benzodiazepin (Hungarian), benzodiazepina [feminine] (Italian), ベンゾジアゼピン (benzojiazepin) (Japanese), benzodiazepin [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), benzodiazepina [feminine] (Polish), benzodiazepina [feminine] (Portuguese), benzodiazepina [feminine] (Spanish), bensodiazepin [common-gender] (Swedish), flödder [neuter, slang] (Swedish)

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