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tricyclic antidepressant drug

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  • noun an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. antidepressant
  2. antidepressant drug

hyponyms (18)

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  1. Elavil
  2. adapin
  3. amitriptyline
  4. amitriptyline hydrochloride
  5. clomipramine
  6. desipramine
  7. doxepin
  8. doxepin hydrochloride
  9. imavate
  10. imipramine
  11. impramine hydrochloride
  12. nortriptyline
  13. pamelor
  14. protriptyline
  15. sinequan
  16. surmontil
  17. tofranil
  18. trimipramine

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