ranitidine
English
Etymology
From (fu)ran(yl) + ni(tro)- + -tidine.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹaˈnɪt.ɪ.diːn/, /ɹaˈnʌɪ.tɪ.diːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈnɪt.ɪˌdin/
Noun
ranitidine (uncountable)
- (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)
Hypernyms
- antacid
- antihistamine
- H2 antagonist
- H2 blocker
- H2RA
- H2 receptor antagonist
- histamine antagonist
- histamine blocker
- histamine H2 antagonist
- histamine H2 blocker
References
- “ranitidine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “ranitidine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Italian
Noun
ranitidine f
- plural of ranitidina