amitriptyline hydrochloride

1. 1.

   a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications

   SynonymsamitriptylineElavil

   Broadertricyclic

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Questions about amitriptyline hydrochloride

What does amitriptyline hydrochloride mean?

amitriptyline hydrochloride means "a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications".

What is another word for amitriptyline hydrochloride?

Close synonyms include amitriptyline, Elavil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amitriptyline hydrochloride a common word?

amitriptyline hydrochloride is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.