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tricyclic, n.
(tricyclics)

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 tricyclic antidepressant tricyclic antidepressant drug

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hyponym

amitriptyline, amitriptyline hydrochloride, Elavil clomipramine desipramine doxepin, doxepin hydrochloride, Adapin, Sinequan imipramine, impramine hydrochloride, Imavate, Tofranil nortriptyline, Pamelor protriptyline trimipramine, Surmontil

hypernym

antidepressant, antidepressant drug