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noun
A compound (trademark Restoril) of the benzodiazepine class used as a tranquilizer and short-acting hypnotic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Restoril
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: benzodiazepine
History
Probably from tem- (“alteration of methyl”) + oxazepam.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
