Valium

American  

[val-ee-uhm] / ˈvæl i əm /

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand of diazepam.

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Valium British  

/ ˈvælɪəm /

noun

1. a brand of diazepam used as a tranquillizer See also benzodiazepine

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valium Cultural  

1. A common prescription tranquilizer; trademark for the drug diazepam.

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Example Sentences

The joke among biologists is that spotted owls have Valium for blood.

From Seattle Times

Bongino, instead of replying with statistics or facts, instead told Rivera to "take a Valium" and "pipe down."

From Salon

“Empire of Pain” chronicles multiple investigations of the Sacklers, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin, and the legal tactics they have used to evade accountability.

From Los Angeles Times

One pharmacist worried that a prescription from that doctor for oxycodone, methadone, Soma and Valium was a “cocktail of abuse.”

From New York Times

They bought the company in the 1950s along with a third brother, Arthur, who pioneered pharmaceutical advertising and became wealthy partly by promoting Valium, another addictive drug.

From Washington Times