Tricyclic antidepressant: alternatives and connections

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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

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Antidepressant noun · 86% connection

any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects