chlorpromazine
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əˌzin, kloʊr- noun
a grayish-white, crystalline powder, C 17 H 19 ClN 2 S, derived from phenothiazine, used chiefly to inhibit nausea and vomiting and as a major tranquilizer in the management of schizophrenia and related psychoses.
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chlorpromazine (klɔːˈprɒməˌziːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S | |
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chlorpromazine chlor·prom·a·zine (klôr-prŏm'ə-zēn', -prō'mə-)
n.
A phenothiazine antipsychotic agent with antiemetic, antiadrenergic, and anticholinergic actions.
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chlorpromazine
potent synthetic tranquilizing drug that acts selectively upon the higher centres in the brain as a depressant of the central nervous system. It is used in the treatment of persons with psychotic disorders. Chlorpromazine was first synthesized in 1950 and became generally available for medical use in the mid-1950s. One of the first tranquilizers introduced into medicine-along with the rauwolfia alkaloid, reserpine-chlorpromazine soon displaced reserpine in psychiatric practice.
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The use of chlorpromazine as a treatment for schizophrenia soon followed.
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