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niperotidine

niperotidine noun: a histamine antagonist, proposed as a treatment for excessive gastric acidity but withdrawn after human trials showed liver damage.

Noun

niperotidine (uncountable)

  1. A histamine antagonist, proposed as a treatment for excessive gastric acidity but withdrawn after human trials showed liver damage.

Origin of niperotidine

From [Term?] + -tidine (“cimetidine derivative”).

Questions about niperotidine

What does niperotidine mean?
Niperotidine means a histamine antagonist, proposed as a treatment for excessive gastric acidity but withdrawn after human trials showed liver damage.
What part of speech is niperotidine?
Niperotidine is a noun.

Words near niperotidine in the dictionary

  1. nipbackers
  2. nipcheese
  3. nipcheeses
  4. nipecotic
  5. nipecotic acid
  6. niperotidine
  7. nipfarthing
  8. nipfarthings
  9. niphablepsia
  10. niphargid
  11. niphargids

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