“h[-2]”

The following 2 entries include the term h[-2].

H2 antagonist

noun

: a drug (as cimetidine, famotidine, nizatidine, or ranitidine) that reduces or inhibits the secretion of gastric acid by binding competitively with histamine to H2 receptors on cell membranes

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H2 receptor

noun

: a receptor for histamine on cell membranes that modulates the stimulation of heart rate and the secretion of gastric acid see h2 antagonist

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