Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triptan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: trip-tan
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.

Inflected Forms

triptans (plural)

Derived Forms

almotriptan eletriptan frovatriptan naratriptan rizatriptan sumatriptan zolmitriptan

Questions

What does triptan mean?: Any of a family of tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.

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