benzodiazepine
Definitions
Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders.
Equivalents
8 more languages
Suomibentsodiatsepiini
Magyarbenzodiazepin
Italianobenzodiazepina
日本語ベンゾジアゼピン
Portuguêsbenzodiazepina
Русскийбензодиазепин
Svenskaflödder
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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