perphenazine
/pəˈfɛnəziːn/Pharmacology
noun
An antipsychotic drug of the phenothiazine class, used also as an anti-emetic.
- Chemical name: 2-{4-[3-(2-chlorophenothiazin-10-yl)propyl]piperazin-1-yl}ethanol; C21H26ClN3OS..
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Journal of Pharmacological and Experimental Therapeutics. From per- + phen- and -azine.