a colourless to light yellow insoluble crystalline compound used as an anthelmintic for livestock and in insecticides. Formula: C12H9NS
2.
any of several drugs derived from phenothiazine and used as strong tranquillizers and in the treatment of schizophrenia
phenothiazine in American English
(ˌfinoʊˈθaɪəˌzin)
noun
a yellowish, crystalline substance, C12H9NS, used as an insecticide, in the treatment of worm infections in livestock, and in the synthesis of tranquilizers
Word origin
pheno- + thiazine
Examples of 'phenothiazine' in a sentence
phenothiazine
They discovered not only heroin and cocaine, but a mixture of scopolamine and phenothiazine in his blood.