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chlorpromazine

UK/klɔːˈpɹəʊ.məz.ɪn/US/klɔɹˈpɹɑm.əˌziːn/

chlorpromazine noun: a synthetic antipsychotic drug, with the chemical formula C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S.

chlorpromazine: a synthetic antipsychotic drug, with the chemical formula C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S
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Noun

chlorpromazine (countable and uncountable, plural chlorpromazines, abbreviation CPZ)

  1. A synthetic antipsychotic drug, with the chemical formula C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S.
    • 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
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    aminazine, Largacti, Thorazine

chlorpromazine meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

chlorpromazine in Tamil

துவக்க மயக்க மருந்து

chlorpromazine in Bengali

একটি সিন্থেটিক অ্যান্টিসাইকোটিক ওষুধ

chlorpromazine in Kannada

ಕ್ಲೋರ್‌ಪ್ರೊಮಜೀನ್

Synonyms of chlorpromazine

Forms of chlorpromazine

pluralchlorpromazines
abbreviationCPZ

Origin of chlorpromazine

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

Questions about chlorpromazine

What does chlorpromazine mean?
Chlorpromazine means a synthetic antipsychotic drug, with the chemical formula C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S.
What is chlorpromazine in Tamil?
Chlorpromazine in Tamil is துவக்க மயக்க மருந்து. See Chlorpromazine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chlorpromazine?
Chlorpromazine is a noun.
How do you pronounce chlorpromazine?
Chlorpromazine is pronounced /klɔːˈpɹəʊ.məz.ɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of chlorpromazine?
The plural of chlorpromazine is chlorpromazines.

Words near chlorpromazine in the dictionary

  1. chlorphenvinfos
  2. chlorpicrin
  3. chlorprenaline
  4. chlorproethazine
  5. chlorproguanil
  6. chlorpromazine
  7. chlorpromazines
  8. chlorpropamide
  9. chlorpropamides
  10. chlorpropham
  11. chlorprophenpyridamine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chlorpromazine (page history and authors); chlorpromazine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chlorpromazine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chlorpromazine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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