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maleate
DEFINITIONS OF:
maleate
1
n
a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation
Type of:
antidepressant
,
antidepressant drug
any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects
ester
formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
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