DESIPRAMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desipramine mean? 

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

1. a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESIPRAMINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("desipramine" 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 

In the central nervous system (CNS), desipramine hydrochloride blocks the re-uptake of neurotransmitters, including norepinephrine and serotonin.

(Desipramine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Desipramine enhances monoamine neurotransmission in certain areas of the brain by inhibiting the re-uptake of noradrenaline and serotonin at the noradrenergic and serotoninergic nerve endings, respectively.

(Desipramine, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of desipramine, a secondary amine tricyclic antidepressant (TCA).

(Desipramine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)