antidepressant
adjective
an·ti·de·pres·sant
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Definition of antidepressant
(Entry 1 of 2)
: used or tending to relieve or prevent depression
antidepressant drugs
antidepressant
nounDefinition of antidepressant (Entry 2 of 2)
: an antidepressant drug — see ssri, tricyclic antidepressant
Examples of antidepressant in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
In interviews, dozens of people who had experienced antidepressant withdrawal recounted similar stories: The drugs often relieved mood problems, at first. — Benedict Carey And Robert Gebeloff, BostonGlobe.com, "Long-term use of antidepressants is surging in the US," 9 Apr. 2018 There’s every reason to think that tinkering with that receptor system could have antidepressant effects, and it’s never been systematically manipulated in that way. — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, "I Hacked My Body So You Don't Have To," 25 June 2018 In interviews, dozens of people who had experienced antidepressant withdrawal recounted similar stories: The drugs often relieved mood problems, at first. — Benedict Carey And Robert Gebeloff, BostonGlobe.com, "Long-term use of antidepressants is surging in the US," 9 Apr. 2018 In interviews, dozens of people who had experienced antidepressant withdrawal recounted similar stories: The drugs often relieved mood problems, at first. — Benedict Carey And Robert Gebeloff, BostonGlobe.com, "Long-term use of antidepressants is surging in the US," 9 Apr. 2018 In interviews, dozens of people who had experienced antidepressant withdrawal recounted similar stories: The drugs often relieved mood problems, at first. — Benedict Carey And Robert Gebeloff, BostonGlobe.com, "Long-term use of antidepressants is surging in the US," 9 Apr. 2018 In interviews, dozens of people who had experienced antidepressant withdrawal recounted similar stories: The drugs often relieved mood problems, at first. — Benedict Carey And Robert Gebeloff, BostonGlobe.com, "Long-term use of antidepressants is surging in the US," 9 Apr. 2018 In interviews, dozens of people who had experienced antidepressant withdrawal recounted similar stories: The drugs often relieved mood problems, at first. — Benedict Carey And Robert Gebeloff, BostonGlobe.com, "Long-term use of antidepressants is surging in the US," 9 Apr. 2018 In interviews, dozens of people who had experienced antidepressant withdrawal recounted similar stories: The drugs often relieved mood problems, at first. — Benedict Carey And Robert Gebeloff, BostonGlobe.com, "Long-term use of antidepressants is surging in the US," 9 Apr. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
My mom encouraged me to see a therapist, and I was put on my first antidepressant. — Mackenzie Driscoll, Health.com, "What It's Like to Live With Bipolar Disorder—a Mental Health Condition No One Can See," 22 July 2019 Hispanics are also less likely than non-Hispanic whites to take antidepressants, according to a 2014 report from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York City. — Jared Weber, USA TODAY, "Habla Español? Hispanics face growing mental health care crisis," 17 July 2019 Millions of Americans have taken antidepressants for many years. — Mike Spies, The New Yorker, "The N.R.A.’s Longtime C.F.O. Was Caught Embezzling Before Joining the Organization, Former Colleagues Say," 19 June 2019 My problem is not with antidepressants per se, which clearly have and do help many people. — Maggie Astor, New York Times, "‘I Should Be More Careful With Twitter’: Marianne Williamson on Those Mental Health Comments," 27 July 2019 Perhaps targeting the glutamate pathway directly could yield a faster-acting antidepressant. — Moises Velasquez-manoff, WIRED, "Ketamine Stirs Up Hope—and Controversy—as a Depression Drug," 8 May 2018 That includes a generic version of the antidepressant Prozac, which saw a price increase of 879%. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "879% drug price hike is one of 3,400 in 2019 so far; rate of hikes increasing," 2 July 2019 About 41 drugs have boosted their prices by more than 100%, including one version of the antidepressant fluoxetine -- also known as Prozac -- whose cost has surged 879%, Rx Saving Solutions said. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, "Drug prices in 2019 are surging, with hikes at 5 times inflation," 1 July 2019 Eventually the lingering stigma around antidepressants got to her. — Ashley Mateo, Glamour, "Women Are Ditching Their Antidepressants at Higher Rates Than Men—The Reasons Are Complicated," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'antidepressant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for antidepressant
antidepressant
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of antidepressant
medical
: a drug that is used to relieve or prevent depression in a person
See the full definition for antidepressant in the English Language Learners Dictionary
antidepressant
adjective
an·ti·de·pres·sant
| \ ˌant-i-di-ˈpres-ᵊnt, ˌan-ˌtī-
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variants:
also antidepressive \ -ˈpres-iv
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Medical Definition of antidepressant
(Entry 1 of 2)
: used or tending to relieve or prevent psychological depression : relating to, being, or utilizing an antidepressant
an antidepressant drug antidepressant treatment
antidepressant
noun
variants:
also antidepressive
Medical Definition of antidepressant (Entry 2 of 2)
: a drug used to treat psychological depression : an antidepressant drug
The dual-action antidepressant venlafaxine appears to demonstrate superior efficacy and higher rates of remission in severe depression as compared with either SSRIs such as fluoxetine or tricyclic antidepressants.— John Mann, The New England Journal of Medicine, 27 Oct. 2005
— called also energizer, psychic energizer, psychostimulant
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