phenelzine

1. 1.

   monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression

   SynonymsNardil

   Broadermonoamine oxidase inhibitor

   trade name

Other forms of phenelzine

plural

phenelzines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about phenelzine

What does phenelzine mean?

phenelzine means "monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression".

How many syllables are in phenelzine?

phenelzine has 3 syllables: phe-nel-zine. The stress falls on "phe".

What is another word for phenelzine?

Close synonyms include Nardil. 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 phenelzine a common word?

phenelzine 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.