tiapride

T1I1A1P3R1I1D2E1

noun

A drug that selectively blocks D₂, D₃, D₄, and D₅ dopamine receptors in the brain.

OriginEnglish sulpiride ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

nountiapride (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA drug that selectively blocks D₂, D₃, D₄, and D₅ dopamine receptors in the brain.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  3. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  4. Englishthio-
  5. Englishthi-
  6. Egyptianjmn
  7. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  8. LatinAmmōn
  9. Latinammoniacus
  10. Englishammonia
  11. Englishamine
  12. Englishamino-
  13. Latinsulpur
  14. Latinsulfur
  15. Latinsulphur
  16. Anglo-Normansulfre
  17. Middle Englishsulphur
  18. Englishsulf(ur)
  19. Englishammonia
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  21. Englishamide
  22. Englishsulfamide
  23. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  24. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  25. Englishsul(famoyl)
  26. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  27. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  28. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  29. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  30. GermanPyrro
  31. Englishpyrrole
  32. Englishpyrrolidine
  33. Englishpyr(rolidinyl)
  34. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  35. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  36. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  37. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  38. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  39. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  40. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  41. Old Javanesejawa
  42. Old JavaneseJawi
  43. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  44. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  45. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  46. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  47. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  48. Catalanbenjuí
  49. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  50. Englishbenzoin
  51. Englishbenzo-
  52. Englishbenz-
  53. Englishamide
  54. English(benzam)ide
  55. Englishsulpiride
  56. Englishtiapride

From thi- + a(mino)- + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).

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APA

tiapride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiapride

MLA

“tiapride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiapride. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiapride,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiapride.

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