Nardil, n. Pharm.
(ˈnɑːdɪl)
[f. narco- + -dil, of unknown origin.]
A proprietary name for phenelzine.
| [1944 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 7 Mar. 13/2 Nardil... For medicinal malt extract.] 1959 Trade Marks Jrnl. 18 Nov. 1196/1 Nardil... Anti-depressants. 1960 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 5 Jan. tm10/1 Nardil... For psychic energizer. 1960 A. Huxley Let. 24 Jan. (1969) 885 Disasters in France..the news of which..keeps up her morale like a shot of adrenalin or a course of Nardil. 1965 [see Parnate n.]. 1976 Smythies & Corbett Psychiatry x. 185 If anxiety symptoms of the phobic kind or depersonalization are present, a course of ‘nardil’..should be tried. |