[law-raz-uh-pam, luh-] /lɔˈræz əˌpæm, lə-/

noun, Pharmacology.
a benzodiazepine drug, C 15 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly in the management of acute anxiety and for insomnia.


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