diazepam
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of diazepam
First recorded in 1960–65; (benzo)diazep(ine) + -am (of uncertain origin)
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The team found that diazepam can support this coordinated activity in their experiments.
From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025
"In relation to bereavement, there is a feeling that the GPs tend to offer you anti-depressants or diazepam to help you sleep, but counselling is important as well," she said.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2020
The plan doubles the number of possible injections of the sedative from four for diazepam to 10 for midazolam.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2018
An autopsy later found that she had been experiencing delirium tremens caused by withdrawal from diazepam, an anti-anxiety medication that P.T.S. staff members said they were never informed she was taking.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016
When they gave diazepam to mice with a mutated α1 subunit, the drug's sedative properties were lost: it no longer calmed muscle activity when the mice were given a convulsant.
From Nature • May 22, 2013
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