amitriptyline

English

Alternative forms

• amitryptiline
• amitryptyline

Etymology

From ami(no-) +‎ tri- +‎ (he)ptyl +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æmɪˈtɹɪptɪliːn/

Noun

amitriptyline (countable and uncountable, plural amitriptylines)

1. (pharmacology) An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 327:

     ‘They were in very low concentrations, only fifteen per cent of the total. The remaining eighty-five per cent was made up of a powerful tranquillizer, amitryptiline.’

Related terms

• protriptyline

Translations

drug

• Finnish: amitriptyliini
• Portuguese: amitriptilina f
• Russian: амитриптили́н (ru) m (amitriptilín)

Anagrams

• amitryptiline