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): /ˌbɛnzoʊdaɪˈæzɪpiːn/

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Noun

benzodiazepine (plural benzodiazepines)

1. (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 (běnèrdànzhuó)

• Finnish: bentsodiatsepiini (fi)
• French: benzodiazépine (fr) m
• German: Benzodiazepin 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
• Swedish: bensodiazepin c, flödder n (slang)

Further reading

• benzodiazepine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dibenzoazepine

Italian

Noun

benzodiazepine f

1. plural of benzodiazepina