Meanings
plural meprobamates
- countableuncountablemedicineA carbamate derivative used as an anxiolytic (anxiety-reducing) drug.
Meprobamate and the other drugs in its chemical group are used as either antianxiety agents, anticonvulsants, or sedatives (sleeping pills). This drug exerts effects by relaxing the large skeletal muscles and by a direct effect on the brain.
1979, Harold M. Silverman, Gilbert I. Simon, “Meprobamate”, in The Pill Book […] , 1st edition, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 187
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA carbamate derivative used as an anxiolytic (anxiety-reducing) drug.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
- Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
- Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- GermanMethy
- Englishme(thyl)
- Frenchpropionique
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Frenchpropyl-
- Englishpro(pyl)
- Englishmeprobamate
From me(thyl) + pro(pyl) + -bamate (“tranquilizer”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech meprobamát
- meprobamátanxiolytic drug
Cite this entry
meprobamate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meprobamate
“meprobamate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meprobamate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meprobamate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meprobamate.
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