neuroleptanalgesicadj.n.
/ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)lɛptˌanlˈdʒiːzɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)ʊroʊlɛptˌænlˈdʒizɪk/ Medicine.
A. adj.
Designating, relating to, or producing the state of neuroleptanalgesia.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [adjective] > pain killing
anodyne1543
anodynous1657
anodynic1847
pain-killing1865
analgesic1868
hypalgesic1911
neuroleptanalgesic1961
1961 Acta Anaesthesiol. Scand. 5 73 When used in a suitable combination..haloperidol, the neuroleptic, and phenoperidol, the analgesic—can produce what has been called the ‘neurolept-analgesic’ state.
1985 Internat. Jrnl. Clin. Pharmacol. & Toxicol. 23 384 Althesin was used in 65 patients with heart diseases undergoing orthopedic surgery, alone or in association with neuroleptanalgesic drugs.
1993 Lab. Animal Sci. 43 338 The neuroleptanalgesic combination, fentanyl/droperidol..has been advocated for cardiopulmonary studies in rabbits.
B. n.
A pharmaceutical preparation combining an antipsychotic drug and an opioid analgesic, used in neuroleptanalgesia.
ΚΠ
1965 Canad. Anaesthetists' Soc. Jrnl. 12 66 (heading) Neuroleptanalgesics. Laboratory evaluation of combination of analgesics and neuroleptics with nitrous oxide.
1977 Lancet 23 July 178/2 Last year the product licence of ‘Immobilon’, a potent neuroleptanalgesic, was temporarily withdrawn.
1993 Lab. Animal Sci. 43 338 Autonomic response to the stimulus was used as the basis for progression to the next stage or administration of additional neuroleptanalgesic.
1994 Pharmacol. Biochem. & Behavior 48 547 Effects of fentanyl-fluanisone (Hypnorm), a combination often used as a neuroleptanalgesic and anaesthetic, were investigated.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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