Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun maleate

1 sense of maleate

Sense 1
maleate -- (a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation)
       => ester -- (formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water)
       => antidepressant, antidepressant drug -- (any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects)