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

1 sense of nortriptyline

Sense 1
nortriptyline, Pamelor -- (a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Pamelor) used along with psychotherapy to treat dysthymic depression; may interact dangerously if taken with other drugs)
       => tricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant, tricyclic antidepressant drug -- (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)