1. an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain; [syn: selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SSRI]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
SSRI
n 1: an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake
of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on
receptors in the brain [syn: selective-serotonin reuptake
inhibitor, SSRI]