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Antipsychotic vs Dibenzodiazepine - What's the difference?

antipsychotic | dibenzodiazepine |

As nouns the difference between antipsychotic and dibenzodiazepine

is that antipsychotic is any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis while dibenzodiazepine is any of a class of antipsychotic drugs having a structure based on a diazepine heterocycle fused to two benzene rings.

As an adjective antipsychotic

is preventing or counteracting psychosis.

antipsychotic

English

(wikipedia antipsychotic)

Adjective

(-)
  • (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting psychosis.

    • Synonyms

    * neuroleptic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis.

    • Synonyms

    * neuroleptic

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    dibenzodiazepine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a class of antipsychotic drugs having a structure based on a diazepine heterocycle fused to two benzene rings
    • The atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine is a dibenzodiazepine .