maleate

Other forms: maleates

Definitions of maleate
  1. noun
    a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation
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    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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