Valium

substantivoatestado nos diálogos

Reino Unido//ˈvæl.i.əm//
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Estados Unidos//ˈvæl.jəm//

The drug diazepam.

substantivo

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The drug diazepam.
These are the minor tranquilizers such as Diazepam (Valium), Chlordiazepoxide (Librium), Oxazepam (Serax), and related benzodiazepines, and Meprobamate, which are used to treat anxiety neurosis.
Mothers little helpers were pills—Miltown, amphetamine, barbiturates, Librium, and Valium were the most popular and widely available in the fifties and early sixties—that were used to keep women in their place, to make them comfortable in a setting that should have been uncomfortable, to encourage them to focus on tasks that did not matter.
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A Valium pill.

Etimologia

A marketing coinage.

Formas

plural: Valiums

valet · A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes…valiant · Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.valid · Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

Valium · The drug diazepam.

valley · An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains,…Valley · A surname from landforms.valuable · Having a great value.

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