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phenothiazine

noun
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Definition of phenothiazine

1 : a greenish-yellow crystalline compound C12H9NS used as an anthelmintic and insecticide especially in veterinary practice
2 : any of various phenothiazine derivatives (such as chlorpromazine) that are used as tranquilizing agents especially in the treatment of schizophrenia

First Known Use of phenothiazine

1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for phenothiazine

International Scientific Vocabulary

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phenothiazine

noun
phe路​no路​thi路​azine | \ 藢f膿-n艒-藞th墨-蓹-藢z膿n How to pronounce phenothiazine (audio) \

Medical Definition of phenothiazine

1 : a greenish yellow crystalline compound C12H9NS used as an anthelmintic and insecticide especially in veterinary practice

called also thiodiphenylamine

2 : any of various phenothiazine derivatives (as chlorpromazine) that are used as tranquilizing agents especially in the treatment of schizophrenia

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