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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


Synonymstricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant drug


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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