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procyclidine

procyclidine noun: an anticholinergic drug mainly used to treat drug-induced parkinsonism, akathisia and acute dystonia.

Noun

procyclidine (uncountable)

  1. An anticholinergic drug mainly used to treat drug-induced parkinsonism, akathisia and acute dystonia.

Origin of procyclidine

From pro(pane) + cycl(ohexyl) + -clidine (“muscarinic receptor agonist/antagonist”).

Questions about procyclidine

What does procyclidine mean?
Procyclidine means an anticholinergic drug mainly used to treat drug-induced parkinsonism, akathisia and acute dystonia.
What part of speech is procyclidine?
Procyclidine is a noun.

Words near procyclidine in the dictionary

  1. procyclical
  2. procyclicalities
  3. procyclicality
  4. procyclically
  5. procyclics
  6. procyclidine
  7. procyclin
  8. procyclins
  9. procymate
  10. procymidone
  11. procynosuchid

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