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citalopram

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ci⋅tal⋅o⋅pram

[sahy-tal-uh-pram]
–noun Pharmacology.
an antidepressant drug, C20H22BrFN20, of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain.
Also called citalopram hydrobromide.
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ci·tal·o·pram   (sī-tāl'ō-prām')   
n.  A drug of the SSRI class that is used primarily to treat depression.

[citalo- (from rearrangement of (ph)t(h)al(ene)c(arbon)i(trile), one of its constituents) + -pram, antidepressant suff. (pr(opyl) + am(ine)).]
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