"zaleplon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzæl.əˌplɑn/ [General-American]
Etymology: Probably from Ancient Greek ζάλη (zálē, “storm, distress”) + -plon (“imidazopyrimidine or pyrazolopyrimidine derivative”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|ζάλη|-plon|lang1=grc|t1=storm, distress|t2=imidazopyrimidine or pyrazolopyrimidine derivative}} Ancient Greek ζάλη (zálē, “storm, distress”) + -plon (“imidazopyrimidine or pyrazolopyrimidine derivative”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} zaleplon (uncountable)
  1. (pharmacology) A sedative hypnotic drug of the pyrazolopyrimidine class, mainly used to treat insomnia, rare among such drugs in having been found not to cause an increase in road traffic accidents. Wikipedia link: zaleplon Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs
    Sense id: en-zaleplon-en-noun-0v0TRnKE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -plon Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

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