oxazepam

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UK/ɒkˈseɪ.zɪ.pam/UK/ɒkˈsaz.ɪ.pam/US/ɑkˈsæz.əˌpæm/

noun

A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used to treat anxiety states and insomnia; 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, C₁₅H₁₁ClN₂O₂.

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

nounoxazepam (countable and uncountable, plural oxazepams)

plural oxazepams

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA drug of the benzodiazepine group, used to treat anxiety states and insomnia; 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, C₁₅H₁₁ClN₂O₂.

    These are the minor tranquilizers such as Diazepam (Valium), Chlordiazepoxide (Librium), Oxazepam (Serax), and related benzodiazepines, and Meprobamate, which are used to treat anxiety neurosis.

    1979, Harold M. Silverman, Gilbert I. Simon, The Pill Book […] , 1st edition, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 385

    Synonyms: Serax

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA drug of the benzodiazepine group, used to treat anxiety states and insomnia; 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, C₁₅H₁₁ClN₂O₂.

Similar
Serax

More synonyms by meaning

nouna tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal

Similar
Serax
Broader
minor tranquilizerminor tranquillizerminor tranquilliser
Also see
serax

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  4. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  5. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  6. Frenchhydro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  9. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  10. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  11. Frenchhydrogène
  12. Englishhydrogen
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  14. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  15. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  16. Frenchoxygène
  17. Englishoxygen
  18. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  19. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  20. Englishhydroxyl
  21. Englishhydroxy-
  22. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  23. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  25. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  26. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  27. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  28. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  29. Old Javanesejawa
  30. Old JavaneseJawi
  31. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  32. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  33. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  34. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  35. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  36. Catalanbenjuí
  37. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  38. Englishbenzoin
  39. Englishbenzo-
  40. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  41. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  42. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  43. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  44. Latindi-
  45. Englishdi-
  46. Proto-Indo-European*né
  47. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  48. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  49. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  50. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  51. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  52. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  53. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  54. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  55. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  56. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  57. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  58. Frenchazote
  59. Englishazote
  60. Englishaz-
  61. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  62. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  63. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  64. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  65. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  66. Frenchhepta-
  67. Englishazepine
  68. Englishdiazepine
  69. English(benzo)diazep(ine)
  70. Egyptianjmn
  71. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  72. LatinAmmōn
  73. Latinammoniacus
  74. Englishammonia
  75. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  76. Englisham(ide)
  77. Englishdiazepam
  78. Englishoxazepam

From (hydr)ox(y)- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

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

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

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