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English noun: tricyclic antidepressant drug

1. tricyclic antidepressant drug (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


Synonymstricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant


Broader (hypernym)antidepressant, antidepressant drug


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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