Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pepcid

1 sense of pepcid

Sense 1
famotidine, Pepcid -- (a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux)
       => histamine blocker -- (a medicine used to treat the gastric effects of histamine in cases of peptic ulcers and gastritis and gastroesophageal reflux; works by blocking the effects of histamine on the receptor site known as H2)