cimetidine

American  

[suh-met-i-deen] / səˈmɛt ɪˌdin /

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a substance, C 10 H 16 N 6 S, that is used alone or in combination with antacids to inhibit gastric secretion in the treatment of duodenal ulcers.

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cimetidine British  

/ saɪˈmɛtɪdiːn /

noun

1. a drug used to suppress the formation of acid by the stomach and so to encourage the healing of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Formula: C 10 H 16 -N 6 S

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Etymology

Origin of cimetidine

1975–80; probably ci-, respelling of cy(ano)- ³ + met(hyl) + (guan)idine

Example Sentences

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

The authors concluded: “Since many conventional treatments for warts are painful, expensive and may cause scarring, cimetidine offers a safe alternative treatment for cutaneous warts in pediatric heart transplant recipients.”

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

And the over-the-counter drug cimetidine, which inhibits acid production in the stomach and is used to treat heartburn, matched a certain type of lung cancer.

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