Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antipsychotic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: an-tipsy-chot-ic
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Preventing or counteracting psychosis.

noun

Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis or other conditions, chiefly one that acts as an antagonist, partial agonist, or inverse agonist of dopamine receptors in the synapses.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English psychotic English antipsychotic From anti- + psychotic.

Inflected Forms

antipsychotics (plural)

Derived Forms

antipsychotically

Phrases

atypical antipsychotic typical antipsychotic

Synonyms

antipsychosis neuroleptic antipsychotic major tranquilizer major tranquillizer major tranquilliser antipsychotic drug antipsychotic agent neuroleptic drug neuroleptic agent

Questions

What does antipsychotic mean?: Preventing or counteracting psychosis.
Where does antipsychotic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English psychotic English antipsychotic From anti- + psychotic.

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