Halcion

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Brand name for triazolam. countable, uncountable

    "[…]I'm experiencing a major-league anxiety attack, searching my pockets for Valium, Xanax, a leftover Halcion, anything, and all I find are three faded Nuprin in a Gucci pill-box, so I pop all three into my mouth and swallow them down with a Diet Pepsi and I couldn’t tell you where it came from if my life depended on it."

  2. 2
    a form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill; usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep wordnet

Etymology

Marketing name, probably from halcyon.

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