Definition of Valium in English:

noun

• A tranquillizing muscle-relaxant drug used chiefly to relieve anxiety.

  More example sentences

  • ‘A Yorkshire Labour MP will today spearhead a new alert over the dangers of Valium and other benzodiazepine tranquillisers.’
  • ‘I knew that she kept her Valium in a bottle in the bag.’
  • ‘Lavender has sedative effects comparable to drugs such as Valium.’
  • ‘Drugs used to relieve anxiety, such as Valium, may lessen your interest in sex.’
  • ‘His mother, Laura, had overdosed on Valium, the drug her doctors had prescribed for her bouts of depression.’