typical antipsychotic

noun

A class of antipsychotic drugs first developed in the 1950s and used to treat psychosis (in particular, schizophrenia).

Meanings

nountypical antipsychotic (plural typical antipsychotics)

plural typical antipsychotics

  1. medicineA class of antipsychotic drugs first developed in the 1950s and used to treat psychosis (in particular, schizophrenia).
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