amitriptyline
English
Alternative forms
- amitryptiline
- amitryptyline
Etymology
From ami(no-) + tri- + (he)ptyl + -ine.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /æmɪˈtɹɪptɪliːn/
Noun
amitriptyline (countable and uncountable, plural amitriptylines)
- (pharmacology) An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 327:
- ‘They were in very low concentrations, only fifteen per cent of the total. The remaining eighty-five per cent was made up of a powerful tranquillizer, amitryptiline.’
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 327:
Related terms
- protriptyline
Translations
drug
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Anagrams
- amitryptiline