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am·i·trip·tyl·ine

(

-tr

-l

) KEY

NOUN:

A tricyclic antidepressant drug, C₂₀H₂₃N.

ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps ami(no)- + alteration of trypt(ophan) + -yl + -ine²

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