DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Omeprazole is in a class of drugs called proton pump inhibitors (PPI) that block the production of acid by the stomach. Other drugs in the class include lansoprazole (Prevacid), rabeprazole (Aciphex), pantoprazole (Protonix), and esomeprazole (Nexium).
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Autonomy(noun) the power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. Autonomy(noun) the sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself.
Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: 1  independence, independency(noun) freedom from control or influence of another or others. 2  independence(noun) the successful ending of the American Revolution. 3  Independence(noun) a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail.