amitriptyline

amitriptyline
/am'i trip"teuh leen', -luyn', -lin/, n. Pharm.
a white crystalline powder, C20H23N, used to treat depression and enuresis.
[perh. AMI(NO)- + TRYPT(OPHAN) + (METH)YL + -INE2]

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