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antidepressant drug vs tricyclic antidepressant drug

tricyclic antidepressant drug vs antidepressant drug

antidepressant drug and tricyclic antidepressant drug both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
antidepressant drug Yes No No No
tricyclic antidepressant drug Yes No No No
As nouns, tricyclic antidepressant drug is a hyponym of antidepressant drug; that is, tricyclic antidepressant drug is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than antidepressant drug:
  • antidepressant drug: any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects
  • tricyclic antidepressant drug: 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 drug 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, maleate.
antidepressant drug (noun) tricyclic antidepressant drug (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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