Medical Definition of Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
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This describes the combination of catatonic rigidity, stupor, unstable blood pressure, fever, profuse sweating, sweating and incontinence as a reaction to antipsychotic agents (phenothiazines) in therapeutic doses.
Origin: Gr. Lepsis = a taking hold
(27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
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