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Tricyclic

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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

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tricyclic antidepressanttricyclic antidepressant drug
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Tricyclics
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Tricyclic's
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Tricyclics'

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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

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