a powerful antipsychotic drug used to treat various psychoses including schizophrenia and extreme bipolar disorder
fluphenazine in American English
(fluːˈfenəˌzin)
noun
Pharmacology
a potent tranquilizer, C22H26F3N3OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety
Word origin
[1955–60; flu(oro)- + phenazine]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cassette, geodesic dome, new wave, opioid, rollout