ranitidine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹaˈnʌɪ.tɪ.diːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɹaˈnɪt.ɪ.diːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɹəˈnɪt.ɪˌdin/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree English (fu)ran(yl) Egyptian nṯr Proto-Afroasiatic *-i? Egyptian -j Egyptian nṯrjder. Semiticbor. Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron) English ni(tro)- English -tidine English ranitidine From (fu)ran(yl) + ni(tro)- + -tidine.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A furan (trademark Zantac) which blocks the histamine H₂-receptors, to prevent the secretion of gastric acid.
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.
2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 46:
Hypernyms
histamine blocker · antihistamine · histamine H2 antagonist · histamine antagonist · histamine H2 blocker · antacid · H2 antagonist · H2 receptor antagonist · H2 blocker · H2RA