molindone

1. 1.

   antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia

   SynonymsMoban

   Broadermajor tranquilizer

   trade name

Other forms of molindone

plural

molindones·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about molindone

What does molindone mean?

molindone means "antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia".

How many syllables are in molindone?

molindone has 3 syllables: mo-lin-done. The stress falls on "mo".

What is another word for molindone?

Close synonyms include Moban. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is molindone a common word?

molindone is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.