chlorpromazine
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- noun
- /klɔrˈprɒməziːn/
- Specialized
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clorpromazina
- The tranquilizing action of reserpine and chlorpromazine appears to be quite similar.
- chlorpromazine tranquilizer
Examples
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The literature on the effectiveness of reserpine and chlorpromazine as aids to individual (119) and group (34) psychotherapy is extensive.
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They found that the effects of chlorpromazine in patients with manic psychoses were somnolence, decreased responses to external and internal stimuli, pleasant indifference, and decreased spontaneity of speech.
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Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) Delay and his associates (38) appear to have been the first to explore chlorpromazine in the treatment of mental illness.
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Chlorpromazine is commonly used to manage the symptoms of chlorpromazine in patients.
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Doctors prescribed chlorpromazine to help calm the patient's severe anxiety and agitation.
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In clinical settings, chlorpromazine has proven effective in stabilizing mood disorders for many individuals.
Synonyms
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A medicine that calms people with serious mental illness and helps them sleep
Surface Forms
Morphology
chlorpromazine = promazine (opaque) = chloro + promazine
The formation is a regular chemical derivation (chloro- added to promazine), but understanding this requires technical chemical/drug knowledge.
Etymology
Chlorpromazine begins with chloro-, from a Greek word meaning 'green' and seen in English words like chlorine and chlorophyll, and it ends with -azine, a common ending for medicines in this family; so chlorpromazine is the name of a drug used to calm severe mental symptoms such as hallucinations and extreme agitation.