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Tricyclic Antidepressant

see synonyms of tricyclic antidepressant

Noun

1. tricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant, tricyclic antidepressant drug

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tricyclic Antidepressant

see synonyms of tricyclic antidepressant
n. Abbr. TCA
Any of a group of antidepressant drugs, such as amitryptyline, that contain three fused benzene rings and that block the reuptake of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin in the central nervous system.

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