alprazolam

[ al-prey-zuh-lam ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a potent benzodiazepine, C17H13CIN4, used in the treatment of certain anxiety states.

Origin of alprazolam

1
First recorded in 1970–75; a pharmaceutical coinage

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