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tametraline

tametraline noun: a catecholamine reuptake inhibitor, the parent of a series of chemical compounds that eventually led to the development of sertraline.

Noun

tametraline (uncountable)

  1. A catecholamine reuptake inhibitor, the parent of a series of chemical compounds that eventually led to the development of sertraline.

Origin of tametraline

From modern coinage by Pfizer in 1970s + -traline (“serotonin reuptake inhibitor”).

Questions about tametraline

What does tametraline mean?
Tametraline means a catecholamine reuptake inhibitor, the parent of a series of chemical compounds that eventually led to the development of sertraline.
What part of speech is tametraline?
Tametraline is a noun.

Words near tametraline in the dictionary

  1. tamers
  2. Tamerton Foliot
  3. tames
  4. Tameside
  5. tamest
  6. tametraline
  7. Tamez
  8. Tamezes
  9. tamga
  10. tamgas
  11. tamgha

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