Librium

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The drug chlordiazepoxide. uncountable

    "Named diazepam and marketed as Valium, this drug is about five times as potent as Librium."

  2. 2
    a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism wordnet

Example

More examples

"Named diazepam and marketed as Valium, this drug is about five times as potent as Librium."

Etymology

Marketing coinage.

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