Meanings
- uncountablechemistryA sedative and hypnotic drug administered orally in the form of its tartrate (C₁₉H₂₁N₃O)₂·C₄H₆O₆ in the short-term treatment of insomnia.
The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.
2014 February 28, Joseph Berger, “Fast Acquittal for Kennedy, Whose Name Put Prosecutors in Bind”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sedative and hypnotic drug administered orally in the form of its tartrate (C₁₉H₂₁N₃O)₂·C₄H₆O₆ in the short-term treatment of insomnia.
Origin
Probably from (imida)zol(e) + p(yr)id(ine) + (ac)e(ta)m(ide).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 唑吡坦
- 唑吡坦 (zuòbǐtǎn)type of sedative
Spanish zolpidén
- zolpidéntype of sedative
Cite this entry
zolpidem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zolpidem
“zolpidem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zolpidem. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zolpidem,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zolpidem.
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