CIMETIDINE

cimetidine, Tagamet

(noun) a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cimetidine (countable and uncountable, plural cimetidines)

A histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach, mainly used to treat heartburn and peptic ulcers, but notorious for causing male impotence.

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Word of the Day

12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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