单词 | antacid |
释义 | antacid, a. and n.|æntˈæsɪd| Also antiacid. [f. ant- = Gr. ἀντί against + acid.] A. adj. Having the power of counteracting acidity, esp. in the stomach.
1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 249 Carrots..antiacid and fattening. 1875Wood Therap. (1879) 452 Magnesia and its carbonate act in the same manner..being both antacid and laxative. 1880Times 5 Oct. 4/6 The use of glucose, antacid finings, and more recondite drugs [by brewers]. B. n. A remedy for, or preventive of, acidity.
1732Arbuthnot (J.) Oils are anti-acids, so far as they blunt acrimony. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Antacids are chiefly of the alcalious kind. 1861Hulme Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. ii. 87 The shell of the oyster..was formerly extolled as a powerful absorbent and antiacid. |

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