Miltown
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 a sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The drug meprobamate. countable, uncountable
"Bored with the emptiness of her life, she was said to be increasingly turning to the consolations of “mother's little helper”—new lines of tranquilizing drugs, such as Librium and Miltown, meant to soothe the female anxieties that Betty Friedan decried in her bestselling The Feminine Mystique."
Example
More examples"Bored with the emptiness of her life, she was said to be increasingly turning to the consolations of “mother's little helper”—new lines of tranquilizing drugs, such as Librium and Miltown, meant to soothe the female anxieties that Betty Friedan decried in her bestselling The Feminine Mystique."
Etymology
Named after Milltown, New Jersey.