famotidine (English, noun)
expansion: famotidine (uncountable)
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topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An H₂ antagonist C₈H₁₅N₇O₂S₃ (trademark Pepcid) used to inhibit gastric acid secretion especially in the short-term treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease and in the treatment of disorders (as Zollinger–Ellison syndrome) involving gastric acid hypersecretion.
tags: uncountable
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