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Definition of Antidiarrheal
1. Noun. A drug used to control or stop diarrhea.
Specialized synonyms: Kaopectate, Lomotil
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Definition of Antidiarrheal
1. Adjective. Preventing or treating diarrhea. ¹
2. Noun. A substance or drug having such capabilities. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antidiarrheal
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antidiarrheal
Literary usage of Antidiarrheal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Squibb's Materia Medica by E.R. Squibb & Sons (1906)
"antidiarrheal. Dose: 20 to 40 grains (1.3 to 2.6 Cms.) Powder Chalk Aromatic,
... Antacid, Carminative; antidiarrheal. Dose: 30 to 60 grains (2 to 4 Gms.) ..."
2. The Modern Materia Medica (1906)
"It occurs as a reddish powder, freely soluble in water. According to Dr. Kinner,
it is a good gastro-intestinal tonic and antidiarrheal; he gives children 4 ..."
3. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, PT. 300-499, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"As used in this pant: (a) antidiarrheal. A dnug that can be shown by objective
... Subpart C—Labeling § 335.50 Labeling of antidiarrheal drug products. ..."
4. Squibb's Materia medica 1910 (1906)
"antidiarrheal. Dose: 20 to 40 grains (1.3 to 2.6 Cms.) Powder Chalk Aromatic,
... Antacid, Carminative; antidiarrheal. Dose: 30 to 60 grains (2 to 4 Cms.) ..."
5. Diarrheal, Inflammatory, Obstructive, and Parasitic Diseases of the Gastro by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1915)
"... which, because of their antidiarrheal (astringent) action decrease the number and
... to employ antidiarrheal remedies, but in smaller doses over a long ..."
6. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"The drug contains neither alkaloids nor tannin; its antidiarrheal action is
therefore not astringent. The active constituents are a series of ..."
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