quell
n.— «There are recent reports in the literature describing the intranasal abuse of quetiapine among jail inmates, who may obtain it by reporting malingering psychotic symptoms and who refer to it as “quell.”» —“Intravenous Quetiapine Abuse” by M.Z. Hussain American Journal of Psychiatry Sept., 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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