Temazepamとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Probably from tem- (“alteration of methyl”) +‎ oxazepam.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /təˈmeɪ.zɪ.pam/, /təˈmaz.ɪ.pam/
• (General American) IPA: /təˈmæz.əˌpæm/

名詞

temazepam (countable and uncountable, plural temazepams)

1. (pharmacology) A compound (trademark Restoril) of the benzodiazepine class used as a tranquilizer and short-acting hypnotic.
   • 2002, Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis, Methuen, →ISBN, page 39:

     One hundred Lofepramine, forty five Zopiclone, twenty five Temazepam, and twenty Melleril

   • 2009 June 6, Lesley Alderman, “Cost-Effective Ways to Fight Insomnia”, in New York Times‎:

     But if your problem is waking too early, he might suggest a longer-duration drug like temazepam, the generic version of Restoril.

上位語

• benzodiazepine

参照

• “temazepam”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “temazepam”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.