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bupropion

bu·pro·pi·on [ byoo prṓpee òn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
medication that is used as antidepressant: an oral antidepressant medication used also in assisting patients to stop tobacco smoking. It works to inhibit neuronal uptake of, e.g. dopamine, in the central nervous system.

[Late 20th century. <butyl + propiophenone, a ketone <propionic acid + phenyl]
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