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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of a class of drugs, such as fluoxetine or sertraline, that inhibit the uptake of serotonin by neurons of the central nervous system and are primarily used in the treatment of depression and obsessive compulsive disorder.

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  • initialism Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, or serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor.

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  • noun an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[s(elective) s(erotonin) r(euptake) i(nhibitor).]

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