選せん択たく的てきセロトニン再さい取とり込こみ阻そ害がい薬やく

noun

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; SSRI

Medical term for a class of antidepressants. Often referred to by the abbreviation SSRI in both English and Japanese.

• 選せん択たく的てきセロトニン再さい取とり込こみ阻そ害がい薬やくはうつ病びょうの治ち療りょうによく使つかわれる。

  Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are often used to treat depression.

• 医い師しは患かん者じゃにSSRIを処しょ方ほうした。

  The doctor prescribed an SSRI to the patient.