cimetidine

/saɪˈmɛt.ɪ.diːn/

cimetidine noun: a histamine H₂-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach, mainly used to treat heartburn and peptic ulcers, but notorious for causing male impotence. It is a histamine analog, a sulfur-containing derivative of imidazole.

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Noun

cimetidine (countable and uncountable, plural cimetidines)

A histamine H₂-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach, mainly used to treat heartburn and peptic ulcers, but notorious for causing male impotence. It is a histamine analog, a sulfur-containing derivative of imidazole.
- Until Tagamet (cimetidine), most major drug companies didn't take tummy troubles terribly seriously.1985, Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon, The New People's Pharmacy: Drug Breakthroughs for the '80s, Bantam, →ISBN, page 134

Forms of cimetidine

plural	cimetidines

Origin of cimetidine

From cy(ano)- + meth- + (guan)idine.

Words formed from cimetidine

-tidine

Questions about cimetidine

What does cimetidine mean?: Cimetidine means a histamine H₂-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach, mainly used to treat heartburn and peptic ulcers, but notorious for causing male impotence. It is a histamine analog, a sulfur-containing derivative of imidazole.
What part of speech is cimetidine?: Cimetidine is a noun.
How do you pronounce cimetidine?: Cimetidine is pronounced /saɪˈmɛt.ɪ.diːn/.
What is the plural of cimetidine?: The plural of cimetidine is cimetidines.

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