Thorazine

T1H4O1R1A1Z10I1N1E1

noun

Brand name for chlorpromazine

UncommonScrabble 21

Meanings

nounThorazine (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineBrand name for chlorpromazine

    Thorazine, 100mg. Slept. Calmer.

    2002, Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis, Methuen, →ISBN, page 22
    1 more example

    And if you refuse to get on the bus, they'll take a hypodermic needle and hit you with 100mg of thorazine. Then you won't even realize what's going on until it's too late.

    1983 December 10, Mike Riegle, quoting James Sipes, “Sexual Politics of "Crime": Inside and Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 5

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer

Broader
major tranquilizermajor tranquillizermajor tranquilliserphenothiazinethiodiphenylamine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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