neuroleptic
- noun
- /ˌnʊəroʊˈlɛptɪk/
- Specialized
:
neuroléptico
- 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
2
5.5
A medicine that reduces false beliefs and seeing or hearing things that are not there
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4.1
A medicine that calms serious mental problems like hearing or seeing things that are not there
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6.8
A medicine that calms serious mental illness like schizophrenia
A medicine that calms people with severe mental illness such as psychosis
A drug used to treat mental illness that calms people and reduces seeing or hearing things that are not there
Strong medicine that calms people with serious mental illness like schizophrenia
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.