Antipsychotic vs Pimozide - What's the difference?

antipsychotic | pimozide |


As nouns the difference between antipsychotic and pimozide

is that antipsychotic is any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis while pimozide is a potent antipsychotic drug.

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

    pimozide

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia pimozide)
  • A potent antipsychotic drug.