tofranil

Questions about tofranil

What does tofranil mean?

tofranil means "a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression".

How many syllables are in tofranil?

tofranil has 3 syllables and divides as to-fra-nil under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tofranil?

Close synonyms include imipramine, impramine hydrochloride, Imavate. 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 tofranil a common word?

tofranil 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.