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ANTIHISTAMINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("antihistamine" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antihistamine"):
Actifed (trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant; used to treat upper respiratory conditions and minor allergies)
brompheniramine maleate; Dimetane (antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis))
Chlor-Trimeton; chlorpheniramine maleate; Coricidin (an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton))
cyproheptadine; Periactin (an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions)
dimenhydrinate; Dramamine (antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness)
Dimetapp (trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant; used to relieve nasal congestion and to treat rhinitis)
Benadryl; diphenhydramine (antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness)
Antivert; meclizine; meclizine hydrochloride (an antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness)
methapyrilene (antihistamine used to treat allergic responses (as rhinitis or dermatitis or pruritus))
pheniramine (an antihistamine used in preparations to treat allergies and respiratory infections; used to treat rhinitis and skin rashes and pruritus)
phenyltoloxamine (antihistamine included in some preparations used to treat coughing and nasal congestion)
Phenergan; promethazine (antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness)
pyrilamine (antihistamine used to treat rhinitis and pruritus)
Context examples:
A first generation ethanolamine with antiinflammatory, sedative and antihistamine properties.
(Doxylamine, NCI Thesaurus)
A first generation antihistamine and ethanolamine with sedative and anti-allergic properties.
(Diphenhydramine, NCI Thesaurus)
An ethanolamine class of H1 antihistamines with mild antimuscarinic and sedative properties.
(Carbinoxamine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)
If you have a cold or the flu, antihistamines may work better than non-prescription cough medicines.
(Cough, NIH)
It is a type of antihistamine.
(Allegra, NCI Dictionary)
Brompheniramine maleate, a propylamine antihistamine binds to and blocks H1 receptors thereby preventing the actions of histamine.
(Dimetapp, NCI Thesaurus)
The researchers identified multiple allergy-relieving antihistamines that also have antiviral activity.
(Allergy Drug Treats Hepatitis C in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Cyproheptadine belongs to the family of drugs called antihistamines.
(Cyproheptadine, NCI Dictionary)
Antihistamines are used to prevent fevers in patients receiving blood transfusions and to treat allergies, coughs, and colds.
(Antihistamine, NCI Dictionary)
Usually, magic mouthwash consists of lidocaine for its anesthetic activity, the antihistamine diphenhydramine and the antacids aluminum hydroxide and/or magnesium hydroxide.
(Magic Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)
