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ADAPIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Adapin mean?
• ADAPIN (noun)
The noun ADAPIN has 1 sense:
1. a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances)
Familiarity information: ADAPIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Adapin; doxepin; doxepin hydrochloride; Sinequan
Hypernyms ("Adapin" is a kind of...):
tricyclic; tricyclic antidepressant; 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)
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