N5509030fluoxetineSpoken.3Fiction.0Magazine.20Newspaper.4Academic.3fluoxetine
/fluːˈɒksətiːn/noun
mass noun
Medicine a synthetic compound which inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression
【医】氟西汀, 氟苯氧苯胺(抗忧郁药)。亦称
PROZAC (
trademark 〈商标〉)。
词源
1970s: from
fluo(rine) + ox(y) + -etine (perhaps from
e + a blend of
TOLUENE and
AMINE).