noun
any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects
• Syn: ↑antidepressant
• Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug
• Hyponyms:
↑monoamine oxidase inhibitor, ↑MAOI, ↑nefazodone, ↑Serzone, ↑nontricyclic, ↑nontricyclic drug, ↑nontricyclic antidepressant, ↑nontricyclic antidepressant drug, ↑reboxetine, ↑Edronax, ↑selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor, ↑SSRI, ↑tricyclic, ↑tricyclic antidepressant, ↑tricyclic antidepressant drug, ↑maleate
Useful english dictionary. 2012.