Definitions for antacids

antacids ant·ac·id

Spelling: [ant-as-id]
IPA: /æntˈæs ɪd/

Antacids is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 299 anagrams from letters in antacids (aacdinst).

Definitions for antacids

noun

  1. an antacid agent.

adjective

  1. preventing, neutralizing, or counteracting acidity, as of the stomach.

Origin of antacids

First recorded in 1725-35; ant- + acid

Examples for antacids

This article acts on all classes of animals, as a laxative and antacid.

As a medicine it is deobstruent and antacid, and is given in doses of 10 to 30 gr.

Like the latter, they are antacid or absorbent, which is probably the only virtue they possess.

antacid, ant-as′id, n. a medicine which counteracts acidity.

antacid, an alkali, or any remedy for acidity in the stomach.

It is exceedingly light and porous in structure, and at one time was used largely as an antacid as well as a dentifrice.

The frequent, and sometimes almost unlimited, use of antacid absorbents, viz.

Levigated coral was formerly used in medicine as an antacid or absorbent, and is still occasionally employed as a dentifrice.

Used as an antacid and grateful stimulant, often proving gently laxative.

Any of these may be combined with antacid and antifermentative mixtures, relieving the colic, gaseous distension, and diarrhoea.

Word Value for antacids
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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