A psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes which acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, used as an antidepressant and anxiolytic agent.(noun)
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Use "tranylcypromine" in a sentence
"On November 13, 1987, a young woman wanting to take her life, ingested 48 tranylcypromine (Parnate®) 10 mg. tablets along with eight Mellaril® tablets of unknown strength."
"Isocarboxazide, tranylcypromine and phenylzine were first introduced into psychiatry in the 1950s for use in endogenous depression."
"Some patients with personality disorders abuse tranylcypromine because of its amphetaminelike properties."