benzodiazepine

See also: benzodiazépine

English

The core structure of benzodiazepines. "R" labels denote common locations of side chains, which give different benzodiazepines their unique properties.

Etymology

From benzo- +‎ diazepine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌbɛnzoʊdaɪˈæzɨpiːn/

Noun

benzodiazepine (plural benzodiazepines)

(pharmacology) Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders.

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:benzodiazepine

Translations

any of a class of psychoactive drugs

Catalan: benzodiazepina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 苯二氮䓬 (běnèrdànzhuó)
Finnish: bentsodiatsepiini (fi)
French: benzodiazépine (fr) m

German: Benzodiazepin n
Hungarian: benzodiazepin (hu)
Italian: benzodiazepina (it) f
Spanish: benzodiazepina f
Swedish: bensodiazepin c

Anagrams

dibenzoazepine

Italian

Noun

benzodiazepine f

plural of benzodiazepina

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