As nouns the difference between antidepressant and amitriptyline
is that antidepressant is an agent that prevents or counteracts depression while amitriptyline is (pharmacology) an antidepressant drug sold under the name elavil; a tablet containing this drug.
As an adjective antidepressant
is preventing or counteracting depression.
antidepressant
English
Noun
(
en noun)
An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.
See also
* fluoxetine
* Prozac
Hyponyms
* See also
Antonyms
*depressogenic
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Preventing or counteracting depression.
amitriptyline
Alternative forms
*amitryptiline
Noun
(pharmacology) An antidepressant drug sold under the name Elavil; a tablet containing this drug.
*2000 , (JG Ballard), Super-Cannes , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 327:
*:‘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 .’
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