Crossword clues for neuroleptic
Wiktionary
a. (context pharmacology English) Having antipsychotic properties. n. (context pharmacology English) An antipsychotic drug.
WordNet
n. tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired [syn: major tranquilizer, major tranquillizer, major tranquilliser, antipsychotic drug, antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic, neuroleptic drug, neuroleptic agent]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "neuroleptic".
Prolonged use of thioridazine has shown to create cases of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome.
Neither electroconvulsive therapy nor a variety of neuroleptic drugs had proven effective.
When she'd first learned about it she'd dialed chlorpromazine and flupenthixol up from the kitchen pharm, and staggered around in a haze for days while Herman witheringly explained how she might have poisoned herself: Parkinson's was a not-unknown side effect of primitive neuroleptics.
The night was young, the air full of augmentation jammers and neuroleptics and alcohol, and the party was just beginning to mix down to the right level of trancelike zombie heaven that high-pressure synthetic geniuses needed to switch off and groove.
Whatever, he never needed any neuroleptics, just some antidepressants.
Their symbioses inevitably grew tenuous, rapidly dissolving as each of the symbionts went into convulsive neuroleptic shock.