English noun: tricyclic antidepressant |
1. | tricyclic antidepressant (artifact) 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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| Synonyms | tricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant drug |
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| Broader (hypernym) | antidepressant, antidepressant drug |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Adapin, amitriptyline, amitriptyline hydrochloride, clomipramine, desipramine, doxepin, doxepin hydrochloride, Elavil, Imavate, imipramine, impramine hydrochloride, nortriptyline, Pamelor, protriptyline, Sinequan, Surmontil, Tofranil, trimipramine |
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