LANSOPRAZOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lansoprazole mean? 

• LANSOPRAZOLE (noun)
  The noun LANSOPRAZOLE has 1 sense:

1. antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach

  Familiarity information: LANSOPRAZOLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANSOPRAZOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

lansoprazole; Prevacid

Hypernyms ("lansoprazole" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

 Context examples 

Lansoprazole is a type of proton pump inhibitor (PPI).

(Lansoprazole, NCI Dictionary)

The R-isomer of lansoprazole and a substituted benzimidazole prodrug with selective and irreversible proton pump inhibitor activity.

(Dexlansoprazole, NCI Thesaurus)

Lansoprazole prodrug is converted to an active sulfonamide derivative in the acidic environment of the gastric parietal cell; the sulfonamide derivative binds to the gastric proton pump H+/K+ ATPase and forms a stable disulfide bond with the sulfhydryl group near the potassium-binding site on the luminal side, resulting in inactivation of the ATPase and a reduction in gastric acid secretion.

(Lansoprazole, NCI Thesaurus)