PIMOZIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pimozide mean? 

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

1. the most commonly used diphenylbutyl piperidine

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIMOZIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The most commonly used diphenylbutyl piperidine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

diphenylbutyl piperidine (a group of antipsychotic drugs used mainly in the treatment of schizophrenia)

 Context examples 

Pimozide selectively inhibits type 2 dopaminergic receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby decreasing dopamine neurotransmission and reducing the occurrence of motor and vocal tics and delusions of parasitosis.

(Pimozide, NCI Thesaurus)