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neuroleptics

neuroleptics is the plural of neuroleptic.

Meaning of neuroleptic

Noun

neuroleptic (plural neuroleptics)

  1. An antipsychotic drug.
    • The time has come, therefore, to establish some definite criteria for the new drugs that Delay called neuroleptics, of which chlorpromazine and reserpine are the primary ones, although chemically different.1956, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology & Quarterly Review of Psychiatry and Neurology, volume 17, page 383

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Questions about neuroleptics

What is neuroleptics the plural of?
Neuroleptics is the plural of neuroleptic.

Words near neuroleptics in the dictionary

  1. neuroleptanesthetic
  2. neuroleptanæsthesia
  3. neuroleptic
  4. neuroleptic malignant syndrome
  5. neuroleptic-induced deficit syndrome
  6. neuroleptics
  7. neuroleptospirosis
  8. neurolepts
  9. neuroleukin
  10. neuroligand
  11. neuroligands

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