| tricyclic antidepressant |
tricyclic: 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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| tricyclic antidepressant |
A class of antidepressants which work by decreasing the amount of certain chemical transmitters taken up by specific nerve cells. The tricyclic antidepressants include clomipramine, amitriptyline, and nortryptyline and are often used to treat behavioral problems in small animals.
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| tricyclic antidepressant |
a class of antidepressants named for their three-ring chemical structure. TCAs increase the level of norepinephrine and serotonin in the synapses of the brain.
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| tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants |
A class of antidepressant agents whose chemical structure has three (or four) fused rings. These drugs block the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin at the nerve endings.
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| tricyclic |
containing three fused rings or closed chains in the molecular structure; see also under antidepressant.
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