ANTIDEPRESSANT

antidepressant, antidepressant drug

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

antidepressant (plural antidepressants)

(pharmaceutical drug) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

Antonym: depressogenic

Hyponym: Thesaurus:antidepressant

Adjective

antidepressant (comparative more antidepressant, superlative most antidepressant)

(pharmaceutical effect) Preventing or counteracting depression.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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