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lorazepam

UK/lɔːˈɹeɪ.zɪ.pam//lɔɹˈæz.əˌpæm/

lorazepam noun: a drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety.

lorazepam: a drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety
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Noun

lorazepam (countable and uncountable, plural lorazepams)

  1. A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety.
    • White also concluded that Jackson swallowed a large dose of lorazepam several hours earlier, which would have left "a very high concentration" of the sedative in his body.2011 October 28, Alan Duke, “Michael Jackson gave himself fatal overdose, expert says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2016
    Synonyms:
    Ativan

lorazepam meaning in Bengali

lorazepam in Bengali

বেঞ্জোডায়াজেপিন গ্রুপের একটি ওষুধ

Synonyms of lorazepam

Forms of lorazepam

plurallorazepams

Origin of lorazepam

From (ch)lor- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

Words formed from lorazepam

Questions about lorazepam

What does lorazepam mean?
Lorazepam means a drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety.
What is lorazepam in Bengali?
Lorazepam in Bengali is বেঞ্জোডায়াজেপিন গ্রুপের একটি ওষুধ. See Lorazepam meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is lorazepam?
Lorazepam is a noun.
How do you pronounce lorazepam?
Lorazepam is pronounced /lɔːˈɹeɪ.zɪ.pam/ (UK).
What is the plural of lorazepam?
The plural of lorazepam is lorazepams.

Words near lorazepam in the dictionary

  1. loratadine
  2. lorate
  3. loratidine
  4. loraxanthin
  5. Loraxian
  6. lorazepam
  7. lorazepams
  8. lorbamate
  9. Lorber
  10. Lorbers
  11. lorcainide

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