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Definition: Cimetidine |
CimetidineNoun1. A drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A histamine congener, it competitively inhibits histamine binding to H2 receptors. Cimetidine has a range of pharmacological actions. It inhibits gastric acid secretion, as well as pepsin and gastrin output. It also blocks the activity of cytochrome P-450. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: CimetidineSynonym: Tagamet (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cimetidine |
| Specialty definitions using "cimetidine": H2-Blockers ♦ Pirenzepine. (references) |
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Health | Medications used to reduce stomach acid include cimetidine, ranitidine, famotidine, and omeprazole. (references) | |
These include high blood pressure drugs, antihistamines, antidepressants, tranquilizers, appetite suppressants, and cimetidine (an ulcer drug). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cimetidine" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.20% of the time. "Cimetidine" is used about 69 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.2% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.35% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 69 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cimetidine | 189 |
cimetidine side effects | 5 |
cimetidine wart | 4 |
cimetidine tablet | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "cimetidine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 溃药. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cimetidin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cimetidine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | simetidiini. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cimétidine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Cimetidin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κιμετιδίνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cimetidina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imetidinecay cimetidina. (various references) cimetidina. (various references) cimetidin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "cimetidine": cimetidines. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-i-m-n-t" | |
-2 letters: indictee, medicine, miticide. | |
-3 letters: centime, eidetic, endemic, enticed, identic, incited. | |
-4 letters: cement, citied, deceit, decent, dement, edenic, emetic, emetin, endite, entice, icemen, imidic, incite, indict, indite, intime, itemed, meinie, minced, minted, tineid. | |
-5 letters: cited, deice, demit, denim, diene, edict, emend, imide, imine, indie, medic, medii, meted, mince, mined, niece, nitid, teiid, teind, timed, timid. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-i-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: cimetidines, mendicities. | |
+2 letters: endemicities. | |
+3 letters: deterministic, interepidemic. | |
+4 letters: intermediacies. | |
+5 letters: idiomaticnesses, immunodeficient, indeterminacies, indeterministic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 69 6D 65 74 69 64 69 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .. -- . - .. -.. .. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101001 01101101 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C i m e t i d i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0069 006D 0065 0074 0069 0064 0069 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37757971867570758071 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, chinês, chino, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego, grek |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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