HALOPERIDOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haloperidol mean? 

• HALOPERIDOL (noun)
  The noun HALOPERIDOL has 1 sense:

1. tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome

  Familiarity information: HALOPERIDOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALOPERIDOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Haldol; haloperidol

Hypernyms ("haloperidol" is a kind of...):

antipsychotic; antipsychotic agent; antipsychotic drug; major tranquilizer; major tranquilliser; major tranquillizer; neuroleptic; neuroleptic agent; neuroleptic drug (tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired)

 Context examples 

The decanoate ester of haloperidol, a phenylbutylpiperadine derivative with antipsychotic, neuroleptic and antiemetic effects.

(Haloperidol Decanoate, NCI Thesaurus)

Haloperidol competitively blocks postsynaptic dopamine (D2) receptors in the mesolimbic system of the brain, thereby eliminating dopamine neurotransmission and leading to antidelusionary and antihallucinagenic effects.

(Haloperidol, NCI Thesaurus)

Synthetic agents containing the phenyl-1-butanone group, most Butyrophenones are neuroleptic (antipsychotic) drugs, such as haloperidol, droperidol, or azaperone, that control schizophrenic symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, dementia).

(Butyrophenone, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called haloperidol.

(Haldol, NCI Dictionary)

Haloperidol competitively blocks postsynaptic dopamine (D2) receptors in the mesolimbic system of the brain leading to anti-delusionary and anti-hallucinogenic effects.

(Haloperidol Decanoate, NCI Thesaurus)