Kaopectate
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- noun
- /ˈkeɪ.oʊˌpɛk.teɪt/
- She gives me orders, sending me to the store for Advil, Kaopectate, Mylanta, Motrin, and that pink stuff that makes me want to gag just looking at it.
Examples
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Most available OTC antidiarrheal medications on the market contain bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto Bismol, Kaopectate, Kapectolin, and Maalox Total Stomach Relief).
Academic text (2007) -
I gotta go to the drugstore and get some Benadryl and Kaopectate.
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"I bet they wind up using Kaopectate."
Fiction book (1999) -
We ain't got no Di-Gel, no Kaopectate, no Pussy-Bismol!
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His industrial culture ("kaopectate!") is inscribed even in the things he does admit to carrying—as an eticist might note.
Academic text (1993) -
The anthropologist as instrument (like "kaopectate" rather than "hero" Sontag 1966b) marks a cultural difference between the observer and the observed; that is, between a scientific (post-industrial) culture that has instruments and a "primitive" or subject culture defined, in this case, as one lacking instruments.
Academic text (1993) -
Kaopectate is recommended by pharmacists to treat diarrhea and soothe upset stomachs.
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Many people find relief from their symptoms by taking Kaopectate when they have an upset stomach.
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After eating something that didn't agree with him, he took Kaopectate to help with his stomach troubles.
Synonyms
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5.1
A medicine you buy without a prescription to calm an upset stomach
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Kaopectate is a brand name made from its two main parts: kao from kaolin meaning 'clay' and pectate from pectin meaning 'to set jam'. Because clay can soothe the stomach and pectin helps make stools firmer, Kaopectate is used to treat upset stomach and diarrhea.