Usually means: Three-ring chemical structure compounds.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. tricyclic: Merriam-Webster
  2. tricyclic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tricyclic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tricyclic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tricyclic: Vocabulary.com
  6. tricyclic: Wordnik
  7. tricyclic: Wiktionary
  8. tricyclic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. tricyclic: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. tricyclic: Dictionary.com
  11. Tricyclic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. tricyclic: Rhymezone
  13. tricyclic: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tricyclic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. tricyclic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. tricyclic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. tricyclic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tricyclic)

▸ adjective:  (chemistry) Having three rings of atoms in the molecule.
▸ noun:  (chemistry) Any tricyclic compound.

Similar:
Tricyclic antidepressant, tricyclic antidepressant drug, tricyclo, tricarboxylic, triaromatic, tetracyclic, trihydric, tridecylic, bicyclic, trianionic, more...

Opposite:
monocyclic, bicyclic, tetracyclic

Types:
amitriptyline, imipramine, nortriptyline, protriptyline, desipramine, more...

Phrases:
tricyclic antidepressants, Tricyclic antidepressant, tricyclic compound, tricyclic antidepressant drug, antidepressant, tricyclic, more...

Adjectives:
particular, tertiary, standard, first, secondary, only, safer, second

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Similar:
Tricyclic antidepressant, tricyclic antidepressant drug, tricyclo, tricarboxylic, triaromatic, tetracyclic, trihydric, tridecylic, bicyclic, trianionic, more...

Opposite:
monocyclic, bicyclic, tetracyclic

Types:
amitriptyline, imipramine, nortriptyline, protriptyline, desipramine, more...

Phrases:
tricyclic antidepressants, Tricyclic antidepressant, tricyclic compound, tricyclic antidepressant drug, antidepressant, tricyclic, antidepressant tricyclic, antidepressive agents, tricyclic, more...

Adjectives:
particular, tertiary, standard, first, secondary, only, safer, second



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