chlorpromazine
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Chlorpromazine.svg/220px-Chlorpromazine.svg.png)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French chloropromazine, corresponding to chlor- + prom(eth)azine.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /klɔːˈpɹəʊ.məz.ɪn/, /klɔːˈpɹəʊ.məz.iːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /klɔɹˈpɹɑm.əˌziːn/, /klɔɹˈpɹoʊ.məˌziːn/
Noun
[edit]chlorpromazine (countable and uncountable, plural chlorpromazines)
- (pharmacology) A synthetic drug used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antiemetic. It is a phenothiazine derivative.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, 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.
Translations
[edit]synthetic drug
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References
[edit]- “chlorpromazine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “chlorpromazine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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