CLOMIPRAMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clomipramine mean? 

• CLOMIPRAMINE (noun)
  The noun CLOMIPRAMINE has 1 sense:

1. a tricyclic antidepressant drug

  Familiarity information: CLOMIPRAMINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOMIPRAMINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tricyclic antidepressant drug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("clomipramine" is a kind of...):

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)

 Context examples 

Clomipramine hydrochloride is a tricyclic antidepressant that acts by reducing the re-uptake of norepinephrine and serotonin in the central nervous system, thereby enhancing the effects of these neurotransmitters.

(Clomipramine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of clomipramine, a tertiary amine salt derivative of dibenzazepine.

(Clomipramine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)