butyrophenone

[byoo-tir-oh-fuh-nohn]

bu·ty·ro·phe·none

[byoo-tir-oh-fuh-nohn]
noun Pharmacology.
any of a class of antipsychotics, as haloperidol, used to relieve symptoms of schizophrenia, acute psychosis, or other severe psychiatric disorders.

Origin:
1940–45; butyr(ic) + -o- + phen- + -one
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Butyrophenone has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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butyrophenone bu·ty·ro·phe·none (by&oomacr;-tĭr'ō-fə-nōn', by&oomacr;'tə-rō-)
n.
Any of a group of neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol, administered in the treatment of acute psychotic episodes, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders.

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