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Noun: tricyclic antidepressant drug
  1. 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
    "tricyclic antidepressant drugs were among the first antidepressants developed";
    - tricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant

Derived forms: tricyclic antidepressant drugs

Type of: antidepressant, antidepressant drug

Encyclopedia: Tricyclic antidepressant drug