antidiarrheal

Definitions of antidiarrheal
  1. noun
    a drug used to control or stop diarrhea
    synonyms: antidiarrheal drug
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    types:
    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
    type of:
    medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine
    (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
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