gastric antacid

1. 1.

   an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)

   Synonymsantacidalkalizeralkaliserantiacid

   Broaderagent

   NarrowercimetidineranitidineAlka-seltzerBrioschiBromo-seltzerMaaloxMylantaomeprazolePepto-bismalRolaids

Questions about gastric antacid

What does gastric antacid mean?

gastric antacid means "an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)".

What is another word for gastric antacid?

Close synonyms include antacid, alkalizer, alkaliser, antiacid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gastric antacid a common word?

gastric antacid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.