tetracyclic
Speech parts
1. tetracyclic - Noun
2. tetracyclic - Adjective
Meaning
(organic chemistry) Having four rings
(medicine) Describing any pharmaceutical based upon tetracycline
tetracyclic (plural tetracyclics)
Any drug derived from tetracycline
Examples
Tetracyclic antidepressant Mirtazapine has demonstrated anxiolytic effects with a better side effect profile to all other classes of antidepressants, for example it rarely causes or exacerbates anxiety.
Tetracyclic antidepressants (TeCAs), which contain four rings of atoms, are a closely related group of antidepressant compounds.
Tetracyclic antidepressants Tetracyclic antidepressants (TeCAs) are a class of antidepressants that were first introduced in the 1970s.