Medical term:

Thioxanthene



thioxanthene

 [thi″o-zan´thēn]
1. a three-ring compound structurally related to phenothiazine.
2. any of a class of structurally related antipsychotic agents, including chlorprothixene and thiothixene.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

thi·o·xan·thene

(thī'ō-zan'thēn),
A class of tricyclic compounds resembling phenothiazine, but with the central ring nitrogen replaced by a carbon atom; current use emphasizes the antipsychotic and antiemetic properties of this class.
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thioxanthenes

A class of antipsychotic drugs used mainly to treat SCHIZOPHRENIA. Examples are flupenthixol (flupentixol) (Depixol, Fluanxol) and zuclopenthixol (Clopixol).
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005


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