antidepressant


Definition: Meaning of, antidepressant in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˌantɪdɪˈprɛs(ə)nt /

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antidepressant antidepressants
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  1. a drug used to treat DEPRESSION (= a mental illness that makes people very unhappy)
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antidepressant used in phrases

  • antidepressant drug (noun)
    1. any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects
  • nontricyclic antidepressant (noun)
    1. a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO
  • nontricyclic antidepressant drug (noun)
    1. a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO
  • tricyclic antidepressant (noun)
    1. 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
  • tricyclic antidepressant drug (noun)
    1. 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
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