desipramine

[ duh-zip-ruh-meen, dez-uh-pram-in ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a tricyclic antidepressant, C18H22N2, used for symptomatic relief in a variety of depressive states.

Origin of desipramine

1
Shortening of desmethylimipramine, contracted from the chemical name

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