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droperidol
[ droh-per-i-dawl, -dol ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- a phenothiazine, C 22 H 22 FN 3 O 2 , used as an anesthetic or antiemetic, or for emergency control of severe behavioral disturbance.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of droperidol1
(dehy)dro(benz)peridol
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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.
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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