a synthetic chemical compound belonging to the benzodiazepine group of drugs; a minor tranquillizer used mainly in sleeping tablets, such as Mogadon. Formula: C15H11N3O3
Word origin
C20: from nitro- + -azepam; see diazepam
Examples of 'nitrazepam' in a sentence
nitrazepam
Most frequent was the use of biperidine in oral and parenteral formulation, as well as nitrazepam and diazepam.
Svjetlana Loga-Zec, Irfan Zulić, Nedžad Mulabegović, Slobodan Loga, Saida Fišeković,Jasna Kusturica 2005, 'Models of treatment with antipsychotics of the schizophrenic patients', Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Scienceshttp://www.bjbms.org/ojs//index.php/bjbms/article/view/3238. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)