sucralfate

[soo-kruh l-feyt]

noun Pharmacology.

a sugar-aluminum complex, C12H54Al16O75S8, used for the treatment of duodenal ulcer.

Origin of sucralfate

probably sucr(ose) + al(uminum) + (sul)fate

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sucralfate in Medicine

sucralfate

[sōō-krăl′fāt′]

n.

A polysaccharide with antipeptic activity used to treat duodenal ulcers.

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