Meanings
noundiazepine (countable and uncountable, plural diazepines)
plural diazepines
- countableuncountablechemistryA seven-membered unsaturated heterocycle having two nitrogen atoms and three double bonds; any derivative of this compound
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
- Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
- Latindi-
- Englishdi-
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
- Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
- Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
- Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
- Frenchazote
- Englishazote
- Englishaz-
- Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
- Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
- Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
- Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
- Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
- Frenchhepta-
- Englishazepine
- Englishdiazepine
From di- + azepine.
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APA
diazepine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diazepine
MLA
“diazepine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diazepine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diazepine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diazepine.
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