ranitidine
/ɹəˈnɪt.ɪˌdin/noun
ranitidine is a noun meaning “A furan (trademark Zantac) which blocks the histamine H₂-receptors, to prevent the secretion of gastric acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-N-I-T-I-D-I-N-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ranitidine mean?
noun
- 1
A furan (trademark Zantac) which blocks the histamine H₂-receptors, to prevent the secretion of gastric acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ranitidine?
- UK /ɹaˈnɪt.ɪ.diːn/
- UK /ɹaˈnʌɪ.tɪ.diːn/
- US /ɹəˈnɪt.ɪˌdin/
Ranitidine 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 ranitidine?
Ranitidine appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th 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 ranitidine come from?
From (fu)ran(yl) + ni(tro)- + -tidine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).