antidiarrheal
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an·ti·di·ar·rhe·al
(ăn′tē-dī′ə-rē′əl, ăn′tī-)n.
A substance used to prevent or treat diarrhea.
adj.
Treating or preventing diarrhea.
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Noun | 1. | antidiarrheal - a drug used to control or stop diarrhea Kaopectate - trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient Lomotil - trade name of an antidiarrheal medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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an·ti·di·ar·rhe·al
, antidiarrhetica. antidiarreico, agente para prevenir o tratar la diarrea.
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antidiarrheal
adj & n antidiarreicoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.