sucralfate

[soo-kruhl-feyt]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a sugar-aluminum complex, C 1 2 H 5 4 Al 1 6 O 7 5 S 8 , used for the treatment of duodenal ulcer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sucralfate¹

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

Example Sentences

Jensen-Jarolim, a clinical immunologist and allergy researcher at the Medical University of Vienna, then learned that her friend also took proton-pump inhibitors and sucralfate, both popular classes of antacids.

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