Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A benzodiazepine derivative that is primarily used to treat insomnia.

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  • noun pharmacology A drug generally prescribed for the short-term treatment of sleeplessness.

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  • noun a frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril); takes effect slowly and lasts long enough to help those people who wake up frequently during the night

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps inversion of met(hyl) + (ox)azepam.]

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Examples

  • More than half of those babies (55%) had also been exposed to either benzodiazepines such as temazepam or heroin (40%) while in the womb.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • More than half of those babies (55%) had also been exposed to either benzodiazepines such as temazepam or heroin (40%) while in the womb.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • Sleeping pills, of which the most common are the older benzodiazepines like valium (diazepam), clonazepam (klonopin), ativan (lorazepam), restoril (temazepam), and the like, hit all three of benzodiazepine receptors and still do not produce fully natural sleep.

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Alcohol and Sleeping Pills: The 'Perfect' Night's Sleep? M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011

  • Sleeping pills, of which the most common are the older benzodiazepines like valium (diazepam), clonazepam (klonopin), ativan (lorazepam), restoril (temazepam), and the like, hit all three of benzodiazepine receptors and still do not produce fully natural sleep.

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Alcohol and Sleeping Pills: The 'Perfect' Night's Sleep? M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011

  • Sleeping pills, of which the most common are the older benzodiazepines like valium (diazepam), clonazepam (klonopin), ativan (lorazepam), restoril (temazepam), and the like, hit all three of benzodiazepine receptors and still do not produce fully natural sleep.

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Alcohol and Sleeping Pills: The 'Perfect' Night's Sleep? M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011

  • Sleeping pills, of which the most common are the older benzodiazepines like valium (diazepam), clonazepam (klonopin), ativan (lorazepam), restoril (temazepam), and the like, hit all three of benzodiazepine receptors and still do not produce fully natural sleep.

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Alcohol and Sleeping Pills: The 'Perfect' Night's Sleep? M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011

  • Sleeping pills, of which the most common are the older benzodiazepines like valium (diazepam), clonazepam (klonopin), ativan (lorazepam), restoril (temazepam), and the like, hit all three of benzodiazepine receptors and still do not produce fully natural sleep.

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Alcohol and Sleeping Pills: The 'Perfect' Night's Sleep? M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011

  • Sleeping pills, of which the most common are the older benzodiazepines like valium (diazepam), clonazepam (klonopin), ativan (lorazepam), restoril (temazepam), and the like, hit all three of benzodiazepine receptors and still do not produce fully natural sleep.

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Alcohol and Sleeping Pills: The 'Perfect' Night's Sleep? M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011

  • Oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam AND doxylamine … and they ruled it an "ACCIDENT"?

    SEXY AUTOPSY NEWS 2008

  • "Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine," said an announcement released Wednesday morning by office spokesperson Ellen Borakove.

    SEXY AUTOPSY NEWS 2008

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