ranitidine

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English

Chemical structure of ranitidine
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Etymology

From (fu)ran(yl) +‎ ni(tro)- +‎ -tidine.

Pronunciation

Noun

ranitidine (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A furan (trademark Zantac) which blocks the histamine H2-receptors, to prevent the secretion of gastric acid.
    • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 46:
      The huge sales of one drug in particular, ranitidine (sold under the trade name Zantac®), helped to lift the British pharmaceutical company Glaxo into the world league.

Synonyms

  • zantac (genericized trademark) (informal)

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Italian

Noun

ranitidine f

  1. plural of ranitidina