antidepressant

See also: anti-depressant

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ depressant.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Noun

antidepressant (plural antidepressants)

  1. (pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.
    Antonym: depressogenic
    Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:antidepressant
    • 1999, Ridha Arem, The Thyroid Solution, →ISBN, page 216:
      Some women with postpartum depression and thyroid imbalance may require antidepressants and psychiatric therapy.
    • 2009 March 3, Barron H. Lerner, “A Life-Changing Case for Doctors in Training”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      She had a history of depression and was taking phenelzine, an antidepressant.
    • 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 102:
      Dr. Melanie met with Annabelle and delivered her diagnosis: Benny was in the prodromal phase of schizoaffective disorder, and she was recommending that they stop the Ritalin and start him on an antidepressant for the mood disorder and an antipsychotic to treat the auditory hallucinations.

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Adjective

antidepressant (comparative more antidepressant, superlative most antidepressant)

  1. (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting depression.

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