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Cimetidine

//saɪˈmɛt.ɪ.diːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. countable, uncountable

    "Until Tagamet (cimetidine), most major drug companies didn't take tummy troubles terribly seriously."

  2. 2
    a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid wordnet

Etymology

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

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