LOPERAMIDE


Meaning of LOPERAMIDE in English

[ ləʊ'pɛrəmʌɪd ]

■ noun Medicine a synthetic drug of the opiate class used to treat diarrhoea.

Origin

1970s: prob. from (ch)lo(ro-) + (pi)per(idine) + amide .

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