nonbenzodiazepine

noun

A drug that is not a benzodiazepine: specifically, an imidazopyridine, pyrazolopyrimidine or cyclopyrrolone, which have similar effects.

OriginEnglish benzodiazepine ← French hepta- ← Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ) →
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Meanings

nounnonbenzodiazepine (plural nonbenzodiazepines)

plural nonbenzodiazepines

  1. chemistryA drug that is not a benzodiazepine: specifically, an imidazopyridine, pyrazolopyrimidine or cyclopyrrolone, which have similar effects.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  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. Englishbenzodiazepine
  62. Englishnonbenzodiazepine

From non- + benzodiazepine.

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nonbenzodiazepine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbenzodiazepine

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