Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of antipsychotic drugs, such as haloperidol, administered in the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders.
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- noun pharmacology Any of several
pharmaceuticals used to treatpsychiatric disorders .
Etymologies
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[butyr(ic) + phen– + –one.]
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From butyro- + -phenone.
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This group includes thiozanthene derivitives such as thiothixene, and butyrophenone derivitives such as
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