Dictionary

antipsychotic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English psychotic English antipsychotic From anti- + psychotic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Preventing or counteracting psychosis.

Deriveds

antipsychotically

Synonyms

antipsychosis · neuroleptic

Translations (4)

es antipsicótico (preventing or counteracting psychosis) · fi antipsykoottinen (preventing or counteracting psychosis) · pt antipsicótico (preventing or counteracting psychosis) · ru антипсихоти́ческий (preventing or counteracting psychosis)

antipsychotic en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English psychotic English antipsychotic From anti- + psychotic.

Meanings

1. Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis or other conditions, chiefly one that acts as an antagonist, partial agonist, or inverse agonist of dopamine receptors in the synapses.

Forms

Deriveds

atypical antipsychotic · typical antipsychotic

Hypernyms

pharmaceutical

Hyponyms

prochlorperazine · periciazine · fluphenazine · zotepine · sertindole · chlorpromazine · droperidol · trifluoperazine · levomepromazine · paliperidone · phenothiazine · chlorprothixene · promazine · quetiapine · tetrabenazine · zuclopenthixol · ziprasidone · thioridazine · aripiprazole · risperidone · cannabidiol · mesoridazine · asenapine · triflupromazine · flupenthixol · haloperidol · thioxanthene · clozapine · thiothixene · olanzapine · pimozide · perphenazine · promethazine · iloperidone · butyrophenone · amisulpride

Synonyms

neuroleptic · antipsychotic · neuroleptic

Translations (11)

es antipsicótico (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis) · fi antipsykootti (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis) · fi psykoosilääke (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis) · sh neuroleptik (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis) · de Neuroleptikum (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis) · cs antipsychotikum (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis) · pt antipsicótico (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis) · sh antipsihotik (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis) · nl antipsychoticum (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis) · ru нейроле́птик (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis) · ru антипсихо́тик (any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis)