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chlorpromazine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /klɔːˈpɹəʊ.məz.ɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /klɔːˈpɹəʊ.məz.iːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /klɔɹˈpɹɑm.əˌziːn/ (General-American)
• /klɔɹˈpɹoʊ.məˌziːn/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from French chloropromazine. By surface analysis, chlor- + promazine. First attested in the 1950s.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A synthetic antipsychotic drug, with the chemical formula C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S.
   • 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. 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 59:
   • Chlorpromazine should be taken with caution in combination with barbiturates, sleeping pills, narcotics, or any other medication which may produce a depressive effect. Avoid alcohol. 1979, Harold M. Silverman, Gilbert I. Simon, “Chlorpromazine”, in The Pill Book […] , 1st edition, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 56:

Forms

Descendants

clorpromazina

Synonyms

aminazine · Thorazine · Largacti

Translations (7)

pt cloropromazina (synthetic drug) · it clorpromazina (synthetic drug) · de Chlorpromazin (synthetic drug) · pt clorpromazina (synthetic drug) · hu klórpromazin (synthetic drug) · fr chlorpromazine (synthetic drug) · es clorpromazina (synthetic drug)