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perphenazine

American

[per-fen-uh-zeen, -zin] / pərˈfɛn əˌzin, -zɪn /

noun

Pharmacology.

a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 2 1 H 2 6 ClN 3 OS, used chiefly as a tranquilizer and in the treatment of intractable hiccoughs and nausea and vomiting.

Etymology

Origin of perphenazine

First recorded in 1955–60; per- + phen(othi)azine

Example Sentences

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Perphenazine, for example, costs about $50 a month, while the new antipsychotics can easily run 4 to 10 times as much or more.

From Time Magazine Archive

It found that Risperdal, Seroquel and Geodon, three of the new "atypical antipsychotics" that doctors widely prescribe to treat schizophrenia, are no more effective--and no safer--than an older and much cheaper generic drug called perphenazine.

From Time Magazine Archive

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