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chlorpromazine

chlorp·ro·ma·zine

UK/klɔːˈpɹəʊ.məz.ɪn/ US/klɔːˈpɹəʊ.məz.iːn/ uncommon

noun

1.

a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has anti-psychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer

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Origin

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

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