antacid
Americanadjective
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antacids
plural
noun
adjective
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At 29, abdominal pain was met with an antacid.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
The acid-reducing drugs includeproton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole and esomeprazole, histamine H2-receptor antagonists, or H2 blockers, such as cimetidine and famotidine, and antacid supplements.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
Send the man a case of antacid, he’s going to need it.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
“This is the antacid for the ocean,” Adkins says.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 8, 2021
Now she was chewing on the antacid tablets.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
And 22% of those taking antacid supplements had severe headache, compared to 20% of those not taking antacids.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
She had complained of increasingly sharp abdominal pain for months but was told only to avoid spicy foods and take antacids.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Doctors complain of a shortage of medicines - paracetamol, antibiotics, antacids, cough syrups - at the 114 relief camps housing more than 12,000 Kuki evacuees, including some with terminal illnesses and HIV-Aids.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2023
There was a medicine cabinet on the cover containing ointments, a bottle of antacids and a few other toiletries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023
“How many antacids do you think Fleetwood has eaten by now?”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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