famotidine
/fəˈmoʊ.tɪˌdin/noun
famotidine is a noun meaning “An H₂ antagonist C₈H₁₅N₇O₂S₃ (trademark Pepcid) used to inhibit gastric acid secretion especially in the short-term treatment of gastric and duodenal…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-M-O-T-I-D-I-N-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 51 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does famotidine mean?
noun
- 1
An H₂ antagonist C₈H₁₅N₇O₂S₃ (trademark Pepcid) used to inhibit gastric acid secretion especially in the short-term treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease and in the treatment of disorders (as Zollinger–Ellison syndrome) involving gastric acid hypersecretion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce famotidine?
- US /fəˈmoʊ.tɪˌdin/
Famotidine has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is famotidine?
Famotidine appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does famotidine come from?
From (sul)famo(yl) + -tidine (“cimetidine derivative”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).