lorazepam

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UK/lɔːˈɹeɪ.zɪ.pam/UK/lɔːˈɹaz.ɪ.pam/US/lɔɹˈæz.əˌpæm/US/lɚˈæz.əˌpæm/

noun

A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety.

Similar
Ativan
OriginEnglish diazepam ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin ammoniacus →
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Meanings

nounlorazepam (countable and uncountable, plural lorazepams)

plural lorazepams

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety.

    White also concluded that Jackson swallowed a large dose of lorazepam several hours earlier, which would have left "a very high concentration" of the sedative in his body.

    2011 October 28, Alan Duke, “Michael Jackson gave himself fatal overdose, expert says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2016

    Synonyms: Ativan

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety.

Similar
Ativan

More synonyms by meaning

nountranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia

Similar
Ativan
Broader
benzodiazepine
Also see
ativan

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  4. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  5. Englishchloro-
  6. Englishchlor-
  7. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  10. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  11. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  12. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  13. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  14. Old Javanesejawa
  15. Old JavaneseJawi
  16. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  17. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  18. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  19. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  20. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  21. Catalanbenjuí
  22. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  23. Englishbenzoin
  24. Englishbenzo-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  26. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  27. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  28. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  29. Latindi-
  30. Englishdi-
  31. Proto-Indo-European*né
  32. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  33. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  34. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  35. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  36. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  37. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  38. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  39. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  40. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  41. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  42. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  43. Frenchazote
  44. Englishazote
  45. Englishaz-
  46. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  47. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  48. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  49. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  50. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  51. Frenchhepta-
  52. Englishazepine
  53. Englishdiazepine
  54. English(benzo)diazep(ine)
  55. Egyptianjmn
  56. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  57. LatinAmmōn
  58. Latinammoniacus
  59. Englishammonia
  60. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  61. Englisham(ide)
  62. Englishdiazepam
  63. Englishlorazepam

From (ch)lor- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

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APA

lorazepam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lorazepam

MLA

“lorazepam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lorazepam. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lorazepam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lorazepam.

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