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Definition of Tricyclic
1. 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.
Specialized synonyms: Amitriptyline, Amitriptyline Hydrochloride, Elavil, Clomipramine, Desipramine, Adapin, Doxepin, Doxepin Hydrochloride, Sinequan, Imavate, Imipramine, Impramine Hydrochloride, Tofranil, Nortriptyline, Pamelor, Protriptyline, Surmontil, Trimipramine
Generic synonyms: Antidepressant, Antidepressant Drug
Definition of Tricyclic
1. Adjective. (chemistry) Having three rings of atoms in the molecule; for example, anthracene. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tricyclic
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tricyclic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tricyclic
Literary usage of Tricyclic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"By treating pinene dibromide with zinc in alcoholic solution a tricyclic hydrocarbon,
melting at 65°-66°, is obtained. A di- iodide, prepared by Frankforter ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"There were no detectable signals for tricyclic products at longer retention times
... The chromatography gave 56 mg (78 % yield) of the mixture of tricyclic ..."
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