"triptan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: triptans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} triptan (plural triptans)
  1. Any of a family of tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraine and cluster headaches. Derived forms: almotriptan, eletriptan, frovatriptan, naratriptan, rizatriptan, sumatriptan, zolmitriptan
    Sense id: en-triptan-en-noun-5x4v2tlm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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