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SURMONTIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Surmontil) used to treat depression and anxiety and (sometimes) insomnia
Synonyms:
Surmontil; trimipramine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Surmontil" 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)