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antacids

antacids is the plural of antacid.

Meaning of antacid

Noun

antacid (plural antacids)

  1. An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach.
    • Until Tagamet (cimetidine), most major drug companies didn't take tummy troubles terribly seriously. Oh sure, Americans gorped down antacids almost like candy, but most pharmaceutical big wigs probably wrote that off to our penchant for eating junk food on the run.1985, Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon, The New People's Pharmacy: Drug Breakthroughs for the '80s, Bantam, →ISBN, page 134

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Questions about antacids

What is antacids the plural of?
Antacids is the plural of antacid.

Words near antacids in the dictionary

  1. antabonist
  2. antabuse
  3. antabuses
  4. antacid
  5. antacidity
  6. antacids
  7. antacrid
  8. antacrids
  9. Antadao
  10. antae
  11. Antaean

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