Valium
/ˈvæl.i.əm//ˈvæl.i.əm/
Valium noun: the drug diazepam.
Noun
Valium (countable and uncountable, plural Valiums)
- The drug diazepam.
- These are the minor tranquilizers such as Diazepam (Valium), Chlordiazepoxide (Librium), Oxazepam (Serax), and related benzodiazepines, and Meprobamate, which are used to treat anxiety neurosis.1979, Harold M. Silverman, Gilbert I. Simon, The Pill Book […] , 1st edition, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 385
- Mothers little helpers were pills—Miltown, amphetamine, barbiturates, Librium, and Valium were the most popular and widely available in the fifties and early sixties—that were used to keep women in their place, to make them comfortable in a setting that should have been uncomfortable, to encourage...2003, Samuel H. Barondes, quoting Peter D. Kramer, chapter 4, in Better than Prozac, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47
- A Valium pill.
Forms of Valium
| plural | Valiums |
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Origin of Valium
A marketing coinage.
Words formed from Valium
Words that rhyme with Valium
Questions about Valium
- What does Valium mean?
- Valium means the drug diazepam.
- What part of speech is Valium?
- Valium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Valium?
- Valium is pronounced /ˈvæl.i.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Valium?
- The plural of Valium is Valiums.
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