Ssri

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Considering mental illness an individual chemico-biological problem has enormous benefits for capitalism. First, it reinforces Capital’s drive towards atomistic individualization (you are sick because of your brain chemistry). Second, it provides an enormously lucrative market in which multinational pharmaceutical companies can peddle their pharmaceuticals (we can cure you with our SSRIs)."

  2. 2
    an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain wordnet
  3. 3
    Initialism of serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

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selective serotonin reuptake inhibitorselective-serotonin reuptake inhibitorsnri

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"Considering mental illness an individual chemico-biological problem has enormous benefits for capitalism. First, it reinforces Capital’s drive towards atomistic individualization (you are sick because of your brain chemistry). Second, it provides an enormously lucrative market in which multinational pharmaceutical companies can peddle their pharmaceuticals (we can cure you with our SSRIs)."

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post-SSRI sexual dysfunctionpost-SSRI syndrome

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