droperidol

[droh-per-i-dawl, -dol]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a phenothiazine, C 22 H 22 FN 3 O 2 , used as an anesthetic or antiemetic, or for emergency control of severe behavioral disturbance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of droperidol¹

(dehy)dro(benz)peridol

Example Sentences

If you've had surgery recently and experienced nausea while coming out of anesthesia, your doctor may have given you a tranquilizer called droperidol.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even at standard low doses, however, the drug can cause an irregular heartbeat, and last week the FDA issued a warning to physicians, asking them to use droperidol only as a last resort.

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