fluvoxamine
/fluːˈvɑk.səˌmiːn/noun
fluvoxamine is a noun meaning “A synthetic antidepressant drug which acts by prolonging the effect of the neurotransmitter serotonin on the brain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-U-V-O-X-A-M-I-N-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 29 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fluvoxamine mean?
noun
- 1
A synthetic antidepressant drug which acts by prolonging the effect of the neurotransmitter serotonin on the brain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fluvoxamine?
- UK /fluːˈvɒk.səm.iːn/
- US /fluːˈvɑk.səˌmiːn/
Fluvoxamine has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fluvoxamine?
Fluvoxamine appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fluvoxamine come from?
Probably from flu(oro)- + v(aleryl) + ox(y)- + amine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).