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BZD

BZD is the abbreviation 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

Forms of BZD

pluralBZDs

Questions about BZD

What is BZD the abbreviation of?
BZD is the abbreviation of benzodiazepine.

Words near BZD in the dictionary

  1. BZ
  2. BZ black hole
  3. BZ black holes
  4. BZ reaction
  5. BZ reactions
  6. BZD
  7. Bzdak
  8. Bzdega
  9. Bzdek
  10. Bzdelik
  11. BZDs

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