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zaleplon en · NOUN

Probably from Ancient Greek ζάλη (zálē, “storm, distress”) + -plon (“imidazopyrimidine or pyrazolopyrimidine derivative”).

(uncountable) A sedative hypnotic drug of the pyrazolopyrimidine class, mainly used to treat insomnia, rare among such drugs in having been found not to cause an increase in road traffic accidents.