thioridazine

[ thahy-uh-rid-uh-zeen, -zin ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a phenothiazine, C21H26N2S2, used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.

Origin of thioridazine

1
First recorded in 1955–60; thio- + (pipe)rid(ine) + azine

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