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Definition 2024
diazepam
diazepam
See also: diazepám
English
Noun
diazepam (plural diazepams)
- (pharmacology) A minor tranquillizer with sedative effects, taken to reduce anxiety.
- 2001: The most effective anti-anxiety drugs (tranquillizers) are the benzodiazepines, epitomized by diazepam (Valium®). — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 57)
Translations
minor tranquillizer