histamine blocker
- noun
- /ˈhɪstəˌmin ˈblɑːkər/
- Specialized
:
bloqueador de histamina
- The doctor prescribed a histamine blocker to help reduce the patient's stomach acid.
Examples
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Many people with ulcers benefit from taking a histamine blocker as part of their treatment.
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Many histamine blockers are available over the counter.
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If you suffer from chronic heartburn, your physician might recommend a histamine blocker.
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The doctor prescribed a histamine blocker for my ulcer.
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Your doctor may suggest a histamine blocker to alleviate symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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To treat his ulcer, the patient started taking a histamine blocker daily.
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After consulting with her physician, she decided to use a histamine blocker to manage her stomach acid levels.
Synonyms
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A medicine that reduces stomach acid and treats ulcers and heartburn
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Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'histamine' names the substance and 'blocker' denotes something that blocks it, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a medicine that inhibits histamine's effects (i.e., an antihistamine). This noun–noun modifier pattern is a regular, cross-linguistic word-formation in English, so the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Histamine blocker paints a simple picture: imagine histamine as a tiny messenger knocking on the stomach's door to tell it to make acid, and a blocker standing in the doorway to stop that message. That's why a histamine blocker is a medicine used to 'reduce stomach acid'.