chlorpromazine

English

Etymology

From French chloropromazine, corresponding to chlor- + prom(eth)azine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔːˈpɹəʊməzɪn/

Noun

chlorpromazine (usually uncountable, plural chlorpromazines)

1. A tranquillizing drug, C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S, used in the treatment of schizophrenia, etc.
   • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001), page 59:

     In the early 1950s two French physicians, J. Delay and P. Deniker, noted the remarkable calming effects of a new drug, chlorpromazine, which was initially tested as an agent to be given to patients prior to major surgery to relax them.