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IMIPRAMINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression
Synonyms:
Imavate; imipramine; impramine hydrochloride; Tofranil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("imipramine" 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)