Noun: tricyclic antidepressant
- 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
"The doctor prescribed a tricyclic antidepressant to treat the patient's depression"; "tricyclic antidepressant drugs were among the first antidepressants developed";
- tricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant drug
Derived forms: tricyclic antidepressants
Type of: antidepressant, antidepressant drug
Encyclopedia: Tricyclic antidepressant