benzo
noun1
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring.
2
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.
- The benzos, it turns out, are just as highly addicting as the barbs, but they do have a much lower potential to cause death by overdose.1998, Jerry Dorsman, How to Quit Drugs for Good, New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 50:
- I feel fly / I'm rocking Kenzo / I'll get high, but I ain't doing benzos2014, Greg Kurstin, Lily Allen, “Our Time”, in Sheezus, performed by Lilly Allen:
2 more examples
- Now I'm starin' at the room service menu off a benzo / I can hear the music continue to crescendo2020, “Darkness”, in Music to Be Murdered By, performed by Eminem:
- Martin said he was partially inspired to open the store by his stepbrother Gord Rennie, who died of a drug overdose last year. Rennie was interviewed in the VICE News Tonight documentary, Beyond Fentanyl, about his addiction to benzo dope.2023 May 4, Manisha Krishnan, “Man Arrested After Opening Heroin, Cocaine, and Meth Store in Canada”, in Vice:
- Derived terms
- benzocyclobutene, benzocyclobutenylpotassium, benzodiazole, benzodioxin, benzodithiolium, benzo dope, benzo flu, benzofurazan, benzofurazanide, benzohydrazide, benzohydroquinone, benzoisochromanequinone, benzonitrile, benzopyrylium, benzothiazepine, benzothiazolethiolate, benzothiazolylthiolate, benzotriazole, benzotriazolium, benzotriazolo, benzotrifluoride, dehydrobenzo, dibenzo, hexabenzobenzene