Defenition of the word benzodiazepine

• Defenition of the word benzodiazepine

  • Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other disorders
  • any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency

Hyponyms for the word benzodiazepine

• • alprazolam
  • Ativan
  • chlordiazepoxide
  • diazepam
  • estazolam
  • Halcion
  • Libritabs
  • Librium
  • lorazepam
  • midazolam
  • nitrazepam
  • ProSom
  • Restoril
  • temazepam
  • triazolam
  • Valium
  • Versed
  • Xanax

Hypernyms for the word benzodiazepine

• • antianxiety agent
  • antianxiety drug
  • anxiolytic
  • anxiolytic drug
  • depressant
  • downer
  • minor tranquilizer
  • minor tranquilliser
  • minor tranquillizer
  • muscle relaxant
  • relaxant
  • sedative
  • sedative drug
  • tranquilizer
  • tranquillizer

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