clairaudience

n. in parapsychology, the alleged ability to hear voices or sounds beyond the normal range of hearing, including supposed messages from spirit guides or the dead. This may involve messages heard from or attuned to an “inner voice” or voices separate from thought. It is the auditory equivalent of clairvoyance. See also extrasensory perception. —clairaudient n., adj.

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February 25th 2025

mesoridazine

n. a conventional antipsychotic of the piperidine phenothiazine class. Mesoridazine is a low-potency agent that is a metabolic product of thioridazine. Like the latter drug, its use is associated with life-threatening disturbances in heart rhythm (prolongation of the Q-T interval potentially leading to torsades de pointes syndrome; see electrocardiographic effect). It should not be administered to individuals taking other drugs that prolong the Q-T interval or who have a history of heart rhythm disturbances, and it is appropriate for the treatment of schizophrenia only in individuals who have not responded to other antipsychotic agents. U.S. trade name: Serentil.