lormetazepam

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noun

A benzodiazepine drug with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

nounlormetazepam (uncountable)

alternative methyllorazepam

  1. uncountablemedicineA benzodiazepine drug with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.

Origin

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

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

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