Meaning of benzodiazepine | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders.

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“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.”

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

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