antidepressant drug
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1. any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | maoi, monoamine oxidase inhibitor, |
| definition | : | any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | nefazodone, serzone, |
| definition | : | an antidepressant drug (trade name Serzone) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | edronax, reboxetine, |
| definition | : | an antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor, ssri, |
| definition | : | an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | maleate, |
| definition | : | a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation (noun.substance) |
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