nimetazepam

N1I1M3E1T1A1Z10E1P3A1M3

noun

A benzodiazepine drug with hypnotic, anxiolytic, sedative, and skeletal muscle relaxant properties, generally used to treat insomnia.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

nounnimetazepam (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA benzodiazepine drug with hypnotic, anxiolytic, sedative, and skeletal muscle relaxant properties, generally used to treat insomnia.

Origin

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

From ni(tro)- + meth(yl) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 硝甲西泮
  • 硝甲西泮 (xiāojiǎxīpàn)benzodiazepine drug
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