Etymology

chlorpromazine

C3H4L1O1R1P3R1O1M3A1Z10I1N1E1

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French chloropromazine
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  1. French · borrowed fromchloropromazine
  2. French · borrowed fromchloropromazine
  3. English todaychlorpromazine

Borrowed from French chloropromazine. By surface analysis, chlor- + promazine. First attested in the 1950s.

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