chlordiazepoxide
- noun
- /ˌklɔrdɪˈæzəˌpɒksaɪd/
- Specialized
:
clordiazepóxido
- The doctor prescribed chlordiazepoxide to help manage her withdrawal symptoms.
Examples
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Chlordiazepoxide is often used in hospitals for short-term treatment of severe anxiety.
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The doctor prescribed chlordiazepoxide to help manage her withdrawal symptoms after she quit drinking.
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Patients taking chlordiazepoxide should be monitored for side effects like drowsiness.
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Chlordiazepoxide is effective.
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Don't forget to take chlordiazepoxide!
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For patients with anxiety disorders, chlordiazepoxide can provide quick relief during difficult moments.
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Before surgery, the hospital staff administered chlordiazepoxide to reduce the patient's anxiety.
Synonyms
8
5.8
A medicine that calms you and helps with anxiety and sleep problems
7
5.5
A medicine that treats anxiety, muscle spasms, and seizures
2
7.9
A medicine that calms anxiety and helps people when they stop drinking alcohol
2
7.6
A medicine used to treat anxiety and panic attacks
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
chlordiazepoxide = diazepoxide (opaque) = chloro + diazep + oxide
The formation uses technical chemical combining forms ('chloro-' + diazepoxide) whose meaning and relevance require specialist chemical/pharmaceutical knowledge and are not derivable by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word chlordiazepoxide breaks into parts that tell its chemistry and use: chloro- shows it has a chlorine part (think of chlorine), diazep- puts it in the family of calming drugs you may know from diazepam, and the ending -oxide means it is 'with oxygen' as a specific chemical form. So the name explains why chlordiazepoxide is a particular tranquilizer used for anxiety and withdrawal.