止どめ

suffix

-stopper; -blocker; -preventer

Productive suffix that attaches to nouns to form compounds meaning 'something that stops or prevents that thing'. Common in everyday words like 下痢止め (anti-diarrheal) and 滑り止め (anti-slip).

See also: 下痢止め · 滑り止め

• この薬くすりは下げ痢り止どめです。

  This medicine is an anti-diarrheal.

• 階かい段だんに滑すべり止どめを付つけた。

  I put anti-slip tape on the stairs.