Meanings
plural chlorpromazines · abbreviation CPZ
- countableuncountablemedicineA synthetic antipsychotic drug, with the chemical formula C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S.
Chlorpromazine should be taken with caution in combination with barbiturates, sleeping pills, narcotics, or any other medication which may produce a depressive effect. Avoid alcohol.
1979, Harold M. Silverman, Gilbert I. Simon, “Chlorpromazine”, in The Pill Book […] , 1st edition, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 561 more example
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.
2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 59
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA synthetic antipsychotic drug, with the chemical formula C₁₇H₁₉ClN₂S.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchchloropromazine
- Frenchchloropromazine
- Englishchlorpromazine
Borrowed from French chloropromazine. By surface analysis, chlor- + promazine. First attested in the 1950s.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French chlorpromazine
- chlorpromazinesynthetic drug
German Chlorpromazin
- Chlorpromazinsynthetic drug
Hungarian klórpromazin
- klórpromazinsynthetic drug
Italian clorpromazina
- clorpromazinasynthetic drug
Portuguese cloropromazina, clorpromazina
- cloropromazinasynthetic drug
- clorpromazinasynthetic drug
Spanish clorpromazina
- clorpromazinasynthetic drug
Cite this entry
chlorpromazine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chlorpromazine
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