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TOFRANIL

Dictionary entry overview: What does Tofranil mean?

• TOFRANIL (noun)
The noun TOFRANIL has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: TOFRANIL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TOFRANIL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Imavate; imipramine; impramine hydrochloride; Tofranil

Hypernyms ("Tofranil" is a kind of...):

tricyclic; tricyclic antidepressant; tricyclic antidepressant drug (an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain)

Domain usage:

trade name (a name given to a product or service)

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