OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 46102

benzodiazepine

/ˌbɛnzoʊdaɪˈæzɪpiːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
benzodiacepina • benzodiazepina
Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders.
His modus operandi was to drug them with wine or tea laced with benzodiazepines, which incapacitated them and wiped out their memories.
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.
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