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antidepressant drug — noun any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects • Syn: ↑antidepressant • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tricyclic antidepressant — 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 • Syn: ↑tricyclic, ↑tricyclic antidepressant drug • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
Tricyclic antidepressant — Tricyclic antidepressants (abbreviation TCAs) are a class of antidepressant drugs first used in the 1950s. They are named after the drugs molecular structure, which contains three rings of atoms (compare tetracyclic antidepressant). Example… … Wikipedia
nontricyclic antidepressant drug — noun a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO • Syn: ↑nontricyclic, ↑nontricyclic drug, ↑nontricyclic antidepressant • Hypernyms: ↑antidepressant, ↑antidepressant drug • … Useful english dictionary
tricyclic antidepressant — A type of drug used to treat depression … English dictionary of cancer terms
tricyclic — 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 • Syn: ↑tricyclic antidepressant, ↑tricyclic antidepressant drug •… … Useful english dictionary
drug — drug1 /drug/, n., v., drugged, drugging. n. 1. Pharm. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well being. 2. (in federal law) a. any substance… … Universalium
Drug — /droog/, n. Zoroastrianism. the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood. Cf. Asha. [ < Avestan drauga] * * * I Any chemical agent that affects the function of living things. Some, including antibiotics, stimulants, tranquilizers,… … Universalium
Antidepressant — Fluoxetine (Prozac), an SSRI The chemical structure of … Wikipedia
antidepressant — /an tee di pres euhnt, an tuy /, Pharm. adj. 1. of or pertaining to a substance that is used in the treatment of mood disorders, as characterized by various manic or depressive affects. n. 2. Also called energizer, psychic energizer. any such… … Universalium
