Definition of chlorpromazine
:a phenothiazine C17H19ClN2S used chiefly as a tranquilizer especially in the form of its hydrochloride to control the symptoms of psychotic disorders (such as schizophrenia)
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Those doctors offered an acid reducer for his stomach and more chlorpromazine.
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And last year, scientists working with mouse brain cells found that the anti-malaria drug quinacrine and the anti-psychotic drug chlorpromazine interfered with the ability of prions to cause normal brain protein to misfold.
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Looking back, the purely unexpected discovery of lithium, chlorpromazine (the first antipsychotic drug) and several antidepressants around the 1950s promised rapid therapeutic progress.
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Origin and Etymology of chlorpromazine
chlor- + propyl + methyl + azine
Medical Dictionary
chlorpromazine
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chlor·prom·a·zine
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