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amitriptyline

UK/æmɪˈtɹɪptɪliːn/

amitriptyline noun: an antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.

Noun

amitriptyline (countable and uncountable, plural amitriptylines)

  1. An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
    • ‘They were in very low concentrations, only fifteen per cent of the total. The remaining eighty-five per cent was made up of a powerful tranquillizer, amitryptiline.’2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 327

Forms of amitriptyline

pluralamitriptylines
alternative formamitryptiline
alternative formamitryptyline

Origin of amitriptyline

From ami(no-) + tri- + (he)ptyl + -ine.

Words formed from amitriptyline

Questions about amitriptyline

What does amitriptyline mean?
Amitriptyline means an antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
What part of speech is amitriptyline?
Amitriptyline is a noun.
How do you pronounce amitriptyline?
Amitriptyline is pronounced /æmɪˈtɹɪptɪliːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of amitriptyline?
The plural of amitriptyline is amitriptylines.

Words near amitriptyline in the dictionary

  1. amitoses
  2. amitosis
  3. amitotic
  4. amitotically
  5. amitraz
  6. amitriptyline
  7. amitriptylines
  8. amitriptylinoxide
  9. amitrole
  10. amitryptiline
  11. amitryptilines

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