NOUN
- tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
How To Use major tranquilliser In A Sentence
- I remember my mother grinding up tablets of Largactil (the major tranquilliser chlorpromazine) to put in his tea in the hope of dampening his florid auditory hallucinations.
- It is sometimes described as a neuroleptic or a 'major tranquilliser', though this last term is fairly misleading, as this type of medicine is not just a tranquilliser, but has many actions in a variety of mental illnesses. Lecture On The Legislative Process
- At the time of this advert, drugs like Thorazine also known by its generic name chlorpromazine were marketed as major tranquillisers. Mind Hacks: A visual history of pharmaceutical drug ads