SIMETHICONE


Meaning of SIMETHICONE in English

/suy meth"i kohn'/ , n. Pharm.

an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.

[ SI(LICA) + METH(YL) + (SIL)ICONE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .