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

Etymology tree

Arabic لُبَان (lubān)

Proto-Indo-European *yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *yéwos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas

Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.?

Proto-Austronesian *zawa

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawabor.?

Old Javanese jawa

Old Javanese -i

Old Javanese Jawi

Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der.

Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa)

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)

Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor.

Catalan benjuíder.

Middle French benjoinder.

English benzoin

English benzo-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Hellenic *dwi-

Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.

Latin di-bor.

English di-

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti

Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō

Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō

Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō)

Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)

French azotebor.

English azote

English az-

Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ?

Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.?

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥

Proto-Hellenic *heptə́

Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)der.

French hepta-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

French -in

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -am

Old French -e

French -e

French -ine

English -epine

English azepine

English diazepine

English benzodiazepine

From benzo- + diazepine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛnzoʊdaɪˈæzɪpiːn/

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Noun

benzodiazepine (plural benzodiazepines)

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

   Synonyms: BZD, (informal) benzo

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:benzodiazepine

   Coordinate term: barbiturate

   • 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.

   • 2023 December 21, Anna Moore, “The couch surfing predator: how a group of women were drugged and assaulted - then fought back”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     His modus operandi was to drug them with wine or tea laced with benzodiazepines, which incapacitated them and wiped out their memories.

Derived terms

• alprazolam
• -azenil
• clobazam
• clozapine
• diazepam
• nonbenzodiazepine
• olanzapine
• pirenzepine
• telenzepine
• tibezonium
• zolenzepine

Translations

any of a class of psychoactive drugs

• Catalan: benzodiazepina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苯二氮䓬 (běn'èrdànzhuó)

• Finnish: bentsodiatsepiini (fi)
• French: benzodiazépine (fr) m
• German: Benzodiazepin (de) n
• Hungarian: benzodiazepin (hu)
• Italian: benzodiazepina (it) f
• Japanese: ベンゾジアゼピン (benzojiazepin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: benzodiazepin m

• Polish: benzodiazepina (pl) f
• Portuguese: benzodiazepina f
• Russian: бѐнзодиазепи́н (ru) m (bènzodiazepín)
• Spanish: benzodiazepina f, benzodiacepina f
• Swedish: bensodiazepin c, flödder n (slang)
• Turkish: benzodiazepin

Further reading

• benzodiazepine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dibenzoazepine

Italian

Noun

benzodiazepine f

1. plural of benzodiazepina