"antisecretory" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From anti- + secretory. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|secretory}} anti- + secretory Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} antisecretory (not comparable)
  1. (medicine) That inhibits or decreases secretion, especially gastric secretion Tags: not-comparable Translations (that inhibits or decreases secretion): antissecretor (Portuguese), antissecretório (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-antisecretory-en-adj-jCGRfJJg Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 67 33 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun

Forms: antisecretories [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + secretory. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|secretory}} anti- + secretory Head templates: {{en-noun}} antisecretory (plural antisecretories)
  1. (medicine) Any drug that decreases gastric secretion
    Sense id: en-antisecretory-en-noun-vkqjjUSF Categories (other): Medicine, English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 38 62 Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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