SUCRALFATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sucralfate mean? 

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

1. medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUCRALFATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Carafate; sucralfate

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

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

 Context examples 

Natural or synthetic Anti-ulcer Agents relieve and reduce the symptoms of ulcers in the stomach and upper small intestine, systemically and locally, by reducing gastric secretion (proton pump inhibitors), neutralizing hyperacidity (alkalinizing agents), or improving healing and protecting the mucosa (sucralfate).

(Anti-ulcer Agent, NCI Thesaurus)