chlorpromazine
chlorp·ro·ma·zine
noun
1.
a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has anti-psychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer
Origin
Borrowed from French chloropromazine. By surface analysis, chlor- + promazine. First attested in the 1950s.
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