major tranquilizer
- noun
- /ˈmeɪdʒər ˈtræŋkwəˌlaɪzər/
- Archaic
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tranquilizante mayor
- After receiving the major tranquilizer, the patient felt significantly calmer and more relaxed.
Examples
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Major Tranquilizers
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In treating severe anxiety disorders, a major tranquilizer may be recommended by the psychiatrist.
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Other so-called major tranquilizers appeared: Haldol, Stelazine, Mellaril, and ultimately, dozens more.
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The doctor prescribed a major tranquilizer to help stabilize her mental health during the crisis.
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
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
A medicine used to treat schizophrenia that reduces strong symptoms like seeing or hearing things that are not real
Antonyms
- Archaic
A medicine that makes worry and stress less without making you very sleepy
How Calming
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'major' = large/serious/strong and 'tranquilizer' = a calming medication, so together they denote a stronger or more serious calming drug. A B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to a powerful tranquilizer used for serious mental conditions, and this intensifier+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and predictable.
Etymology
Major tranquilizer comes from major meaning 'big' or 'strong' and tranquilizer meaning 'a medicine that calms'. So imagine a very strong calming drug used for serious mental illness, which is why the name means a powerful medicine that calms severe symptoms.