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chlorpromazine

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chlorpromazine /chlor·pro·ma·zine/ (-pro´mah-zen) a phenothiazine used in the form of the base or the hydrochloride salt as an antipsychotic, antiemetic, and presurgical sedative, and in the treatment of intractable hiccups, acute intermittent porphyria, tetanus, the manic phase of bipolar disorder, and severe behavioral problems in children.
chlor·prom·a·zine (klôr-prm-zn, -prm-)
n.
A phenothiazine antipsychotic agent with antiemetic, antiadrenergic, and anticholinergic actions.

chlorpromazine
a phenothiazine used as an antipsychotic agent and antiemetic. It has been largely superseded in veterinary work by acetylpromazine. Its principal use was as premedication for anesthesia.

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