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amitriptyline

[am-i-trip-tuh-leen, -lahyn, -lin]

noun Pharmacology.

a white crystalline powder, C20H23N, used to treat depression and enuresis.

Origin of amitriptyline

perhaps ami(no)- + trypt(ophan) + (meth)yl + -ine²

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British Dictionary definitions for amitriptyline

amitriptyline

noun

a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C 20 H 23 N

Word Origin for amitriptyline

C20: from amino + tryptamine + methyl + -ine ²

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amitriptyline in Medicine

amitriptyline

[ăm′ĭ-trĭp′tə-lēn′]

n.

A tricyclic antidepressant drug.

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