DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doxepin hydrochloride mean? 

• DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)
  The noun DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE 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: DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)

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 ("doxepin 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)