clonazepam

[ kloh-ney-zuh-pam ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a benzodiazepine, C 15 H 10 ClN 3 O 3 , used in the control of certain epilepsies.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clonazepam¹

c(h)lo(rophe)n(yl) + (di)azep(in) , extracted from the chemical name + -am, of uncertain derivation