cimetidine
English
Chemical structure of cimetidine
Etymology
From cy(ano)- + meth- + (guan)idine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saɪˈmɛt.ɪ.diːn/
Noun
cimetidine (countable and uncountable, plural cimetidines)
- (pharmacology) A histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach, mainly used to treat heartburn and peptic ulcers, but notorious for causing male impotence. It is a histamine analog, a sulfur-containing derivative of imidazole.
- 1985, Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon, The New People's Pharmacy: Drug Breakthroughs for the '80s, Bantam, →ISBN, page 134:
- Until Tagamet (cimetidine), most major drug companies didn't take tummy troubles terribly seriously.
Derived terms
- -tidine (“histamine H2 receptor antagonist”)
References
- “cimetidine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cimetidine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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