cimetidine (English, noun)
expansion: cimetidine (countable and uncountable, plural cimetidines)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: cimetidines
tags: plural