Valium

(văl'ē-əm)

A trademark used for the drug diazepam.

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(val-ee-uhm)

A common prescription tranquilizer; trademark for the drug diazepam.

Trademark for a preparation of diazepam, an anxiolytic and skeletal muscle relaxant. Also used as an appetite stimulant, particularly in cats.

For a list of words related to Valium, see:

• PHARMACOLOGY - Valium: Trademark. minor tranquilizer; diazepam
• Drug Names and Forms - Valium: Trademark. pharmaceutical minor tranquilizer diazepam

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See words rhyming with "valium."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - Valium

Nederlands (Dutch)
valium (kalmerend middel)

Français (French)
n. - (Pharm) valium

Deutsch (German)
n. - Valium

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Βάλιουμ, ονομασία δυνατού φαρμάκου που καταπολεμά το στρες

Italiano (Italian)
valium

Português (Portuguese)
n. - Valium (m) (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
валиум (транквилизирующее средство)

Español (Spanish)
n. - Valium, droga utilizada como tranquilizante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Valium

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
镇静安眠药, 安眠镇定药

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鎮靜安眠藥, 安眠鎮定藥

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 밸륨(정신 안정제; 상표명)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - バリウム

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فاليوم ( دواء مهدئ)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ואליום, כדור ואליום, סוג של משכך כאבים‬

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