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Definition: Tricyclic Antidepressant |
Tricyclic AntidepressantNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Tricyclic AntidepressantSynonyms: tricyclic (n), tricyclic antidepressant drug (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: tca (medicine). |
Crosswords: Tricyclic Antidepressant |
| English words defined with "tricyclic antidepressant": Adapin, amitriptyline, amitriptyline hydrochloride ♦ clomipramine ♦ despiramine, doxepin, doxepin hydrochloride ♦ Elavil ♦ Imavate, imipramine, impramine hydrochloride ♦ nortriptyline, noxiptiline ♦ Pamelor, protriptyline ♦ Sinequan, Surmontil ♦ Tofranil, trimipramine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tricyclic antidepressant": Dothiepin ♦ Lofepramine ♦ Opipramol. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | On the other hand, some patients seem to respond to one tricyclic antidepressant after receiving no benefit from another, and side effects will differ from patient to patient and agent to agent. (references) | |
This tricyclic antidepressant has anticholinergic and direct relaxant effects on the detrusor and an alpha adrenergic enhancing (contracting) effect on the bladder outlet, all of which enhance continence. (references) | ||
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Expression using "tricyclic antidepressant": tricyclic antidepressant drug. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tricyclic antidepressant | 13 |
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| Language | Translations for "tricyclic antidepressant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | antidépresseur tricyclique. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | icyclictray antidepressantay | ||||
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