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AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amitriptyline hydrochloride mean? 

AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)
  The noun AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE has 1 sense:

1. a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medicationsplay

  Familiarity information: AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

amitriptyline; amitriptyline hydrochloride; Elavil

Hypernyms ("amitriptyline hydrochloride" 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)


 Context examples 


Amitriptyline hydrochloride is a type of tricyclic antidepressant.

(Amitriptyline hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

A centrally acting muscle relaxant, chemically similar to amitriptyline hydrochloride with antidepressant activity.

(Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called amitriptyline hydrochloride.

(Amitriptyline, NCI Dictionary)



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