lansoprazole
/lænˈsoʊ.pɹəˌzoʊl/noun
lansoprazole is a noun meaning “A particular proton pump inhibitor C₁₆H₁₄F₃N₃O₂S (trademark Prevacid) similar to omeprazole that prevents the stomach from producing acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-N-S-O-P-R-A-Z-O-L-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does lansoprazole mean?
noun
- 1
A particular proton pump inhibitor C₁₆H₁₄F₃N₃O₂S (trademark Prevacid) similar to omeprazole that prevents the stomach from producing acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce lansoprazole?
- US /lænˈsoʊ.pɹəˌzoʊl/
Lansoprazole 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 lansoprazole?
Lansoprazole appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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 lansoprazole come from?
From [Term?] + -prazole (“benimidazole derivative”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).