Hypernym

noun

(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

antidepressant drug 1

noundomain: artefact

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects

Synonyms

antidepressant 1
any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects

Hyponym

noun

any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate

noun

an antidepressant drug (trade name Serzone)

noun

a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO

noun

an antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine

noun

an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain