promazine
/ˈprəʊməziːn/ /ˈprɒməziːn/Pharmacology
noun
A drug of the phenothiazine class, used as a tranquillizer and antipsychotic. Also: any of a group of compounds structurally related to this. Compare earlier chlorpromazine.
- Chemical name: 10-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)phenothiazine; C17H20N2S..
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Medical Association. From -promazine.