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Maalox

Maalox

5 4.8
A medicine people take to stop heartburn and indigestion
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmɑːlɒks/
translation icon : Maalox
  • I took some Maalox after my meal to relieve my heartburn.
  • a bottle of Maalox
  • Get your Maalox
  • Maalox moment

Like, Paul Harvey, good day, you know, and just sipping fucking Maalox.

Examples

  • Most available OTC antidiarrheal medications on the market contain bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto Bismol, Kaopectate, Kapectolin, and Maalox Total Stomach Relief).

    Academic text (2007)

  • "Take a Maalox," Deshi said.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • You want a Maalox for the road?

    Killers (2010)

  • But I can buy Maalox.

    State of Grace (1990)

  • I called my dad, and he suggested taking Maalox because I thought it was my stomach at first.

    Blog text (4)

  • In the bathroom, there appeared larger and larger bottles of Maalox.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I got about halfway through and had to walk away and take some Maalox.

    Blog text (31)

  • Better stock up on Maalox for next year; my stomach's killing me already.

    Blog text (5)

  • "What is Maalox?" Rajah asked.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • A faint white ring around his mouth was evidence he'd been chugging Maalox directly from the bottle again.

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

antacid
vsMaalox
15 2.9

A medicine that reduces stomach acid to relieve heartburn and upset stomach

is a trademarked product name rather than the general neutralizing substance
Mylanta
vsMaalox
3 4.6

A medicine you can buy without a doctor's prescription that eases heartburn and upset stomach

is trademarked medicine rather than a single branded product
Rolaids
vsMaalox
  • US
2 4.3

A brand of tablets you chew that ease heartburn and upset stomach

is the trademarked medicine concept not limited to one tablet brand
gastric antacid
vsMaalox
3.4

A medicine that reduces extra acid in the stomach to ease indigestion or heartburn

is the commercial medicine name, not a technical medical label

Surface Forms

Maalox main

Etymology

The name Maalox comes from parts of magnesium and aluminum, two minerals that help stop 'stomach acid'. So Maalox is a medicine used to calm heartburn and indigestion.