ranitidine

English

Etymology

From furan, nitro-, -idine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈnɪtɪdiːn/

Noun

ranitidine (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A furan which blocks the histamine H2-receptors, to prevent the secretion of gastric acid.
   • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 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)

Hyponyms

• Zantac (trademark of the first to market brand)

Hypernyms

• antacid
• antihistamine
• histamine antagonist
• histamine blocker
• histamine H₂ antagonist
• histamine H₂ blocker
• H₂ antagonist
• H₂ blocker
• H₂ receptor antagonist
• H2RA

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Italian

Noun

ranitidine f

1. plural of ranitidina