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ELAVIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Elavil mean?
• ELAVIL (noun)
The noun ELAVIL has 1 sense:
1. a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications
Familiarity information: ELAVIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
amitriptyline; amitriptyline hydrochloride; Elavil
Hypernyms ("Elavil" 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)
Domain usage:
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
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