TRICYCLIC

tricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant, tricyclic antidepressant drug

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tricyclic (not comparable)

(chemistry) Having three rings of atoms in the molecule.

Noun

tricyclic (plural tricyclics)

(chemistry) Any tricyclic compound.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 July 2025

SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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Coffee Trivia

According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.

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