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perphenazine
[ per-fen-uh-zeen, -zin ]
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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of perphenazine1
First recorded in 1955–60; per- + phen(othi)azine
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