thioridazine
/ˌθaɪ.əˈɹɪd.əˌziːn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A synthetic compound derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer, chiefly in the treatment of mental illness.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- Indo-Aryanbor. Ancient Greek πέπερῐ (péperĭ)bor. Latin piper English -idine English (pipe)rid(ine) English (phenothi)azine English thioridazine From thio- + (pipe)rid(ine) + (phenothi)azine.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌθaɪ.əˈɹɪd.əˌziːn/
- British English: /ˌθʌɪ.ə(ʊ).ɹɪˈdeɪ.ziːn/