antianxiety drug

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. any of various substances, as benzodiazepines, that are primarily used to treat various forms of anxiety and psychosomatic conditions.

Example Sentences

In Sweden, ecologist Tomas Brodin of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is preparing to study whether an antianxiety drug alters relationships between predatory pikes and the perch and roach they eat.

From Science Magazine

Mr. Stanford has been taking large doses of the antianxiety drug clonazepam, along with antidepressants, for about a year.

From New York Times

“The company will tell you it doesn’t hurt — it does,” said Dr. Tina Alster, a dermatologist in Washington, who has made a pain and an antianxiety drug mandatory for her Ulthera patients.

From New York Times