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cimetidine

[ suh-met-i-deen ]

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.


cimetidine

/ ɪˈɛɪ徱ː /

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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cimetidine1

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

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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.”

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Supporting its antiviral action, there are studies showing that cimetidine may help eliminate warts in children.

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CVS said it would continue to sell other histamine blockers, including Pepcid, Tagamet and the generic equivalents famotidine and cimetidine.

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They are also sold under generic names, including famotidine, cimetidine and ranitidine.

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We experimentally validated a prediction for the antiulcer drug cimetidine as a candidate therapeutic in the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma, and demonstrate its efficacy both in vitro and in vivo using mouse xenograft models.

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