thioridazine

[ thahy-uh-rid-uh-zeen, -zin ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thioridazine¹

First recorded in 1955–60; thio- + (pipe)rid(ine) + azine