Tagamet
/ˈtaɡəmɛt
/noun
Trademark for cimetidine.Tagamet was developed to reduce stomach acid and cure ulcers....
- Like Tagamet, Zantac is an ulcer drug, and it began appearing in published clinical studies in 1981.
- We can now also enhance minimal side-effect activity to change antihistamines into stomach acid secretion blockers such as Tagamet and Zantac.
Origin
1970s: an arbitrary formation.