This class of drugs is frequently used for short-term management of anxiety. Benzodiazepines (alprazolam, clonazepam, diazepam, and lorazepam) are highly effective in promoting relaxation and reducing muscular tension and other physical symptoms of anxiety.
dis definition: Dis is defined as apart, to refuse, to do or cause the opposite of. (prefix) An example of dis is disadvantage, which is an unfavorable situation....
Di-. a prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice. Di-. denoting two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See Bi-, 2. Di-. a prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc. Origin: [Gr. di`s-twice; akin to two, L. bis twice. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Dia-.