Medical Dictionary

H2 antagonist

noun \-ˈtü-\

Medical Definition of H2 ANTAGONIST

:  a drug (as cimetidine, famotidine, nizatidine, or ranitidine) that reduces or inhibits the secretion of gastric acid by binding competitively with histamine to H2 receptors on cell membranes—called also H2 receptor antagonist
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