cimetidine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cimetidine
1975–80; probably ci-, respelling of cy(ano)- 3 + met(hyl) + (guan)idine
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Treatment for three to six months with cimetidine got rid of the warts in all but one child.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
Then he developed the first H2-receptor antagonist for treating peptic ulcers, cimetidine, which took the top-selling spot from propranolol in the 1970s.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2014
"Topiramate hits quite a lot of targets and has complex side effects, while the doses needed for functional effects for cimetidine seemed high," he cautions.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 17, 2011
They were based on propranolol and, much as cimetidine did for ulcers, moved the established way to relieve angina using nitrates into a different realm.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2010
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
