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Deutsch: Lexapro / Español: Lexapro / Português: Lexapro / Français: Lexapro / Italiano: Lexapro
Lexapro is the brand name for escitalopram, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) commonly prescribed in psychology and psychiatry for the treatment of mood disorders. It is primarily used to treat major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) by increasing serotonin levels in the brain, which helps regulate mood and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Lexical ambiguity refers to the idea that some words have different meanings; for example, bank can refer to the side of a river or to a financial institution, and a stool can refer to a chair or to feces. Lexical ambiguity is also defined as a form of ambiguity in which a word has more than one meaning.
Lexical categories is the term in Chomsky's Government and Binding Theory for categories of words, such as noun and verb that carry thematic content. Please see also Functional categories; Open-class word.