NONTRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO

Synonyms:

nontricyclic; nontricyclic antidepressant; nontricyclic antidepressant drug; nontricyclic drug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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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