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benzodiazepines

benzodiazepines is the plural of benzodiazepine.

Meaning of benzodiazepine

Noun

benzodiazepine (plural benzodiazepines)

  1. Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders.
    • 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, Bret Easton Ellis, chapter 1, in The Shards
    Synonyms:
    BZD, benzo

Questions about benzodiazepines

What is benzodiazepines the plural of?
Benzodiazepines is the plural of benzodiazepine.

Words near benzodiazepines in the dictionary

  1. benzocyclooctatetraene
  2. benzodepa
  3. benzodiapine
  4. benzodiazepene
  5. benzodiazepine
  6. benzodiazepines
  7. benzodiazine
  8. benzodiazines
  9. benzodihydrofuran
  10. benzodihydrofurans
  11. benzodihydropyran

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