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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs, such as amitryptyline, that contain three fused benzene rings and that block the reuptake of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin in the central nervous system.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. 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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  1. antidepressant drug
  1. antidepressant

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  1. tofranil
  2. adapin
  3. protriptyline
  1. doxepin hydrochloride
  2. clomipramine
  3. surmontil
  1. trimipramine
  2. Elavil
  3. desipramine
  1. nortriptyline
  2. amitriptyline
  3. sinequan
  1. imavate
  2. impramine hydrochloride
  3. imipramine
  1. amitriptyline hydrochloride
  2. pamelor
  3. doxepin

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  1. amitriptyline
  2. nortriptyline
  3. tofranil
  4. trimipramine
  1. desipramine
  2. clomipramine
  3. pamelor
  4. protriptyline
  1. sinequan
  2. surmontil
  3. doxepin
  4. doxepin hydrochloride
  1. Elavil
  2. imavate
  3. imipramine
  4. impramine hydrochloride
  1. adapin
  2. amitriptyline hydrochloride
  3. tricyclic
  4. nontricyclic
  1. nontricyclic antidepressant
  2. nontricyclic antidepressant drug
  3. nontricyclic drug

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