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FAMOTIDINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does famotidine mean?
• FAMOTIDINE (noun)
The noun FAMOTIDINE has 1 sense:
1. a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
Familiarity information: FAMOTIDINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
famotidine; Pepcid
Hypernyms ("famotidine" is a kind of...):
histamine blocker (a medicine used to treat the gastric effects of histamine in cases of peptic ulcers and gastritis and gastroesophageal reflux; works by blocking the effects of histamine on the receptor site known as H2)
Context examples
As a competitive inhibitor of histamine H2-receptors located on the basolateral membrane of the parietal cell, famotidine reduces basal and nocturnal gastric acid secretion, resulting in a reduction in gastric volume, acidity, and amount of gastric acid released in response to various stimuli.
(Famotidine, NCI Thesaurus)
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