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nortriptyline

[ nawr-trip-tuh-leen ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a tricyclic antidepressant drug, C 1 9 H 2 1 N, used to treat depression.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nortriptyline1

1960–65; perhaps nor- + tri(cyclic) + (cyclohe)pt(ene) a chemical component + -yl + -ine 2

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