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neuroleptic

noun/ˌnjʊərəʊˈlɛptɪk/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

An antipsychotic drug used to treat psychosis, so named for its dampening effect on psychomotor activity.

The older neuroleptic controlled his hallucinations but left him with a disabling tremor and stiffness.

Similar: antipsychotic

Topic: Mental health in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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