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/

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.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus: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
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• German: Benzodiazepin n
• Hungarian: benzodiazepin (hu)
• Italian: benzodiazepina (it) f
• Spanish: benzodiazepina f
• Swedish: bensodiazepin c

Anagrams

• dibenzoazepine

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Italian

Noun

benzodiazepine f

1. plural of benzodiazepina