NONTRICYCLIC DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nontricyclic drug mean? 

• NONTRICYCLIC DRUG (noun)
  The noun NONTRICYCLIC DRUG has 1 sense:

1. a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO

  Familiarity information: NONTRICYCLIC DRUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONTRICYCLIC DRUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

nontricyclic; nontricyclic antidepressant; nontricyclic antidepressant drug; nontricyclic drug

Hypernyms ("nontricyclic drug" is a kind of...):

antidepressant; antidepressant drug (any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nontricyclic drug"):

Desyrel; trazodone; trazodone hydrochloride (oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative)