fluphenazine

[ floo-fen-uh-zeen ]
/ fluˈfɛn əˌzin /

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.

Origin of fluphenazine

First recorded in 1955–60; flu(oro)- + phenazine

Medical definitions for fluphenazine

fluphenazine
[ flōō-fĕnə-zēn′ ]

n.

A tranquilizing drug used especially in the form of its hydrochloride in psychotherapy.