fluoxetine hydrocholoride

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   a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem); it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain

   SynonymsfluoxetineProzacSarafem

   Broaderselective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor

   trade name

Questions about fluoxetine hydrocholoride

What does fluoxetine hydrocholoride mean?

fluoxetine hydrocholoride means "a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem); it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain".

What is another word for fluoxetine hydrocholoride?

Close synonyms include fluoxetine, Prozac, Sarafem. 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 fluoxetine hydrocholoride a common word?

fluoxetine hydrocholoride 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.