antacid

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.

English anti-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *akēō

Latin aceō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin acidusbor.

French acidebor.

English acid

English antacid

From anti- + acid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈtæsɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æsɪd

Noun

antacid (plural antacids)

1. An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach. [from 18th c.]
   • 1985, Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon, The New People's Pharmacy: Drug Breakthroughs for the '80s, Bantam, →ISBN, page 134:

     Until Tagamet (cimetidine), most major drug companies didn't take tummy troubles terribly seriously. Oh sure, Americans gorped down antacids almost like candy, but most pharmaceutical big wigs probably wrote that off to our penchant for eating junk food on the run.

   • 1993, “Pennyroyal Tea”, in In Utero, performed by Nirvana:

     I'm on warm milk and laxatives
     Cherry-flavored antacids

Translations

agent reducing acidity

• Catalan: antiàcid m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抑酸劑 / 抑酸剂 (yìsuānjì)

• Czech: antacidum n
• Finnish: antasidi (fi)
• French: antiacide (fr) m
• Galician: antiácido (gl) m
• German: Antazidum n, Säurehemmer m
• Greek: αντιόξινο (el) n (antióxino)
• Hungarian: savlekötő (hu), savcsökkentő
• Indonesian: antasid (id)
• Italian: antiacido (it) m
• Japanese: 制酸薬 (せいさんやく, seisanyaku)
• Korean: 제산제 (ko) (jesanje)
• Māori: rongoā patu waikawa (a medicinal treatment)
• Portuguese: antiácido (pt)
• Romanian: antiacid (ro) m
• Russian: антаци́д m (antacíd)
• Spanish: antiácido (es) m
• Welsh: gwrthsur m

Adjective

antacid (comparative more antacid, superlative most antacid)

1. Counteracting or neutralizing acidity, especially in the stomach. [from 18th c.]

Translations

counteracting acidity

• Catalan: antiàcid m, antiàcida f
• Finnish: antasidinen (fi)
• French: antiacide (fr)
• Greek: αντιοξικός m (antioxikós)
• Hungarian: savlekötő (hu), savcsökkentő
• Korean: 제산제 (ko) (jesanje)
• Portuguese: antiácido (pt)