[ tə'meɪzɪpam , -'mazɪ- ]
■ noun Medicine a sedative drug of the benzodiazepine group.
Origin
1970s: from tem- (of unknown origin) + azo- + epline (suffix denoting an unsaturated seven-membered ring containing nitrogen) + amide .
[ tə'meɪzɪpam , -'mazɪ- ]
■ noun Medicine a sedative drug of the benzodiazepine group.
Origin
1970s: from tem- (of unknown origin) + azo- + epline (suffix denoting an unsaturated seven-membered ring containing nitrogen) + amide .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004