neuroleptic drug

Questions about neuroleptic drug

What does neuroleptic drug mean?

neuroleptic drug means "tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired".

What is another word for neuroleptic drug?

Close synonyms include major tranquilizer, major tranquillizer, major tranquilliser, antipsychotic drug, antipsychotic agent. 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 neuroleptic drug a common word?

neuroleptic drug is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.