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antidepressant

antidepressant

See also: anti-depressant

English

Noun

antidepressant ‎(plural antidepressants)

(pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

See also

Hyponyms

See also Wikisaurus:antidepressant

Antonyms

depressogenic

Translations

agent that prevents or counteracts depression

Bulgarian: антидепреса́нт m ‎(antidepresánt)
Catalan: antidepressiu m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抗抑鬱藥, 抗抑郁药 ‎(kàngyìyùyào)
Czech: antidepresivum (cs) n
Danish: antidepressiv
Dutch: antidepressivum (nl)
Finnish: masennuslääke (fi)
French: antidépresseur (fr) m

German: Antidepressivum (de) n
Greek: αντικαταθλιπτικό (el) n ‎(antikatathliptikó)
Italian: antidepressivo (it)
Portuguese: antidepressivo (pt) m
Russian: антидепресса́нт (ru) m ‎(antidepressánt)
Spanish: antidepresivo m
Swedish: antidepressiva c pl, antidepressivt medel, antidepressivt läkemedel
Ukrainian: антидепреса́нт m ‎(antydepresánt)

Adjective

antidepressant ‎(comparative more antidepressant, superlative most antidepressant)

(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting depression.

Translations

preventing or counteracting depression

Catalan: antidepressiu
Greek: αντικαταθλιπτικός (el) m ‎(antikatathliptikós)
Portuguese: antidepressivo (pt)

Spanish: antidepresivo
Swedish: antidepressiv