amitriptyline

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Alternative forms

• amitryptiline

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /amɪˈtɹɪptɪliːn/

Noun

amitriptyline (countable and uncountable; plural amitriptylines)

1. (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.’

Translations

drug

• Finnish: amitriptyliini (fi)

• Russian: амитриптилин (ru) (amitriptilín) m

Anagrams

• amitryptiline