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venlafaxine

noun ven·la·fax·ine \ˌven-lə-ˈfak-ˌsēn\

Medical Definition of VENLAFAXINE

:  an antidepressant drug that is used in the form of its hydrochloride C17H27NO2·HCl and acts by inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine by neurons—see effexor

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