Meanings
noundomperidone (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineAn antidopaminergic drug used to suppress nausea and vomiting.
A new word was introduced recently into English — undigestion. This simply refers to a lack of movement of food in the stomach and small intestine and responds to treatment with domperidone.
2000, Trevor Stone, L. Gail Darlington, Pills, Potions and Poisons : How Drugs Work
Origin
From [Term?] + -peridone (“risperidone derivative”).
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APA
domperidone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domperidone
MLA
“domperidone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domperidone. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “domperidone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domperidone.
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