Chlorpromazine

Pronunciation

• IPA: /klɔːˈpɹəʊmÉ™zɪn/

Origin

From French chloropromazine, corresponding to chlor- + prom(eth)azine.

Full definition of chlorpromazine

Noun

1. A tranquillizing drug, C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S, used in the treatment of schizophrenia etc.
• 2001: In the early 1950s two French physicians, J. Delay and P. Deniker, noted the remarkable calming effects of a new drug, chlorpromazine, which was initially tested as an agent to be given to patients prior to major surgery to relax them. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 59)