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/dʌɪˈaz.ɪ.pam/ · noun
(pharmacology) A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to relieve anxiety..
2001: The most effective anti-anxiety drugs (tranquillizers) are the benzodiazepines, epitomized by diazepam (Valium®). — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 57)
Use diazepam when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Diazepam means (pharmacology) A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to relieve anxiety..
Common synonyms include valium.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
2001: The most effective anti-anxiety drugs (tranquillizers) are the benzodiazepines, epitomized by diazepam (Valium®). — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 57)
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