dibenzodiazepine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

di- +‎ benzo- +‎ diazepine

Noun[edit]

dibenzodiazepine (plural dibenzodiazepines)

  1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) Any of a class of antipsychotic drugs having a structure based on a diazepine heterocycle fused to two benzene rings
    The atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine is a dibenzodiazepine.