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HISTAMINE BLOCKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does histamine blocker mean? 

HISTAMINE BLOCKER (noun)
  The noun HISTAMINE BLOCKER has 1 sense:

1. 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 H2play

  Familiarity information: HISTAMINE BLOCKER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HISTAMINE BLOCKER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("histamine blocker" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "histamine blocker"):

cimetidine; Tagamet (a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid)

famotidine; Pepcid (a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux)

ranitidine; Zantac (a histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux)


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