niperotidine
English
editEtymology
editFrom [Term?] + -tidine (“cimetidine derivative”).
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Noun
editniperotidine (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A histamine antagonist, proposed as a treatment for excessive gastric acidity but withdrawn after human trials showed liver damage.