English > antihistamine: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site. |
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| Narrower | Actifed | trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant |
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| Dimetapp | trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant |
| brompheniramine maleate, Dimetane | antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis) |
| chlorpheniramine maleate, Coricidin, Chlor-Trimeton | 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 |
| diphenhydramine, Benadryl | antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness |
| meclizine, meclizine hydrochloride, Antivert | 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 |
| phenyltoloxamine | antihistamine included in some preparations used to treat coughing and nasal congestion |
| promethazine, Phenergan | antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies |
| pyrilamine | antihistamine used to treat rhinitis and pruritus |
| Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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| Spanish | antihistamínico |
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| Catalan | antihistamínic |
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