protriptyline

[proh-trip-tl-een, -in]

noun Pharmacology.

a white to yellow powder, C19H21N, used for the treatment of depression.

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Origin of protriptyline

1960–65; pro(pyl) + tri- + (he)ptyl (see heptane, -yl) + -ine²

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