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cimitedine

cimitedine is the misspelling of cimetidine.

Meaning of cimetidine

Noun

cimetidine (countable and uncountable, plural cimetidines)

  1. 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

Questions about cimitedine

What is cimitedine the misspelling of?
Cimitedine is the misspelling of cimetidine.

Words near cimitedine in the dictionary

  1. Cimiez
  2. ciminite
  3. ciminites
  4. Cimino
  5. Ciminos
  6. cimitedine
  7. cimiter
  8. cimiters
  9. Cimișlia
  10. Cimmeria
  11. cimmerian

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