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adj
Preventing or counteracting psychosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: antipsychosis, neuroleptic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis or other conditions, chiefly one that acts as an antagonist, partial agonist, or inverse agonist of dopamine receptors in the synapses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: neuroleptic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: major tranquilizer, major tranquillizer, major tranquilliser, antipsychotic drug, antipsychotic agent, neuroleptic drug, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tranquilizer, tranquillizer, tranquilliser, antianxiety agent, ataractic drug, ataractic agent, ataractic
Narrower terms: chlorpromazine, Thorazine, clozapine, Clozaril, diphenylbutyl piperidine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, Haldol, loxapine, Loxitane, molindone, Moban, prochlorperazine, thioridazine, Mellaril, thiothixene, Navane, lithium carbonate, Lithane, Lithonate, Eskalith
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h2énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English psychotic English antipsychotic From anti- + psychotic.
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