[ lɔ:'reɪzɪpam , -'razə- ]
■ noun Medicine a drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety.
Origin
1960s: from (ch)lor(o-) ('chlorine') + -azepam , on the pattern of words such as diazepam .
[ lɔ:'reɪzɪpam , -'razə- ]
■ noun Medicine a drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety.
Origin
1960s: from (ch)lor(o-) ('chlorine') + -azepam , on the pattern of words such as diazepam .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004