tricyclic

noun

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

Roots

treistri- · Greek · three kykloscycl- · Greek · ring, circle ikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to

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