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antidepressant vs tricyclic antidepressant

tricyclic antidepressant vs antidepressant

antidepressant and tricyclic antidepressant both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
antidepressant Yes No No No
tricyclic antidepressant Yes No No No
As nouns, tricyclic antidepressant is a hyponym of antidepressant; that is, tricyclic antidepressant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than antidepressant:
  • antidepressant: any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects
  • 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
Other hyponyms of antidepressant include MAOI, monoamine oxidase inhibitor, nefazodone, Serzone, nontricyclic, nontricyclic antidepressant, nontricyclic antidepressant drug, nontricyclic drug, Edronax, reboxetine, selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SSRI, tricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant drug, maleate.
antidepressant (noun) tricyclic antidepressant (noun)
any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects 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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