LORAZEPAM


Meaning of LORAZEPAM in English

[ 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 .

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