neuroleptic
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- noun
- /ˌnʊəroʊˈlɛptɪk/
- Specialized
- The doctor prescribed a neuroleptic to help manage his schizophrenia symptoms.
Examples
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Sulpiride has been called a "silent neuroleptic" because of its weak ability to antagonize apomorphine-induced stereotyped behavior (Worms & Lloyd, 1979).
Academic text (1992) -
I went through this after Zyprexa, the addictive "benzo neuroleptic" from hell.
Blog text (12) -
Many patients find that the neuroleptic medication helps reduce their anxiety and agitation.
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After a thorough evaluation, the psychiatrist recommended a neuroleptic for her patient's severe mood disturbances.
Synonyms
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5.5
A medicine that reduces false beliefs and seeing or hearing things that are not there
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A medicine that calms serious mental problems like hearing or seeing things that are not there
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A medicine that calms serious mental illness like schizophrenia
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Strong medicine that calms people with serious mental illness like schizophrenia
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5.6
A drug used to treat mental illness that calms people and reduces seeing or hearing things that are not there
A medicine that calms people with severe mental illness such as psychosis
Compounds
- Specialized
A medicine that calms people with severe mental illness such as psychosis
Surface Forms
Morphology
neuroleptic = neuro + leptic
The word is a specialized medical coinage with the combining form neuro- and a bound element leptic, so its meaning is not readily recoverable for an average learner.
Etymology
Neuroleptic comes from the Greek parts neuro- meaning 'nerve' and -leptic meaning 'to seize', as in epileptic which is about 'seizures'. So a neuroleptic is a medicine that 'takes hold of the nerves' to calm overactive nerves and help with severe mental illness like schizophrenia.