antidepressant

See also: anti-depressant

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ depressant

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Noun

antidepressant (plural antidepressants)

1. (pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

Antonyms

• depressogenic

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:antidepressant

Translations

agent that prevents or counteracts depression

• Bulgarian: антидепреса́нт m (antidepresánt)
• Catalan: antidepressiu m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗抑鬱藥／抗抑郁药 (kàngyìyùyào), 抗抑郁药 (kàngyìyùyào)

• Czech: antidepresivum (cs) n
• Danish: antidepressiv
• Dutch: antidepressivum (nl)
• Finnish: masennuslääke (fi)
• French: antidépresseur (fr) m
• Galician: antidepresivo m
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• German: Antidepressivum (de) n
• Greek: αντικαταθλιπτικό (el) n (antikatathliptikó)
• Italian: antidepressivo (it)
• Japanese: 抗うつ薬 (kōutsuyaku), 抗うつ剤 (kōutsuzai)
• Portuguese: antidepressivo (pt) m
• Russian: антидепресса́нт (ru) m (antidepressánt)
• Spanish: antidepresivo (es) m
• Swedish: antidepressiva c pl, antidepressivt medel, antidepressivt läkemedel
• Ukrainian: антидепреса́нт m (antydepresánt)

See also

• fluoxetine
• Prozac

Adjective

antidepressant (comparative more antidepressant, superlative most antidepressant)

1. (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting depression.

Translations

preventing or counteracting depression

• Catalan: antidepressiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗抑鬱的／抗抑郁的, 抗抑郁的 (kàngyìyù de)

• Finnish: antidepressiivinen
• French: antidépresseur (fr)
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• Galician: antidepresivo
• Greek: αντικαταθλιπτικός (el) m (antikatathliptikós)
• Japanese: 抗うつ (kōutsu)
• Portuguese: antidepressivo (pt)
• Spanish: antidepresivo (es)
• Swedish: antidepressiv