Taber's Medical Dictionary
antipsychotic
(ant″i-sī″kot′ik)
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1. Preventing or treating psychosis, e.g., schizophrenia.
2. A medication to treat psychosis; a major tranquilizer.
SYN: SEE: neuroleptic
SEE: major tranquilizer
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Antipsychotic." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763808/all/antipsychotic.
Antipsychotic. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763808/all/antipsychotic. Accessed June 6, 2023.
Antipsychotic. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763808/all/antipsychotic
Antipsychotic [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 June 06]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763808/all/antipsychotic.
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