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1. n. 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 Source: wordnet
2. j:100 n. 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 Source: ecdict

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act acts antidepressant available blocking brain drug making norepinephrine receptors reuptake serotonin substances thus

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