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NONTRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nontricyclic antidepressant drug mean?
• NONTRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG (noun)
The noun NONTRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG has 1 sense:
1. a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO
Familiarity information: NONTRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NONTRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
nontricyclic; nontricyclic antidepressant; nontricyclic antidepressant drug; nontricyclic drug
Hypernyms ("nontricyclic antidepressant drug" is a kind of...):
antidepressant; antidepressant drug (any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nontricyclic antidepressant drug"):
Desyrel; trazodone; trazodone hydrochloride (oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative)
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