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carafate

noun
medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it [syn: sucralfate
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Main Entry: Car·a·fate
Pronunciation: 'kar-&-"fAt
Function: trademark
—used for a preparation of sucralfate
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