English noun: antihistamine |
1. | antihistamine (artifact) 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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| Broader (hypernym) | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Actifed, Antivert, Benadryl, brompheniramine maleate, Chlor-Trimeton, chlorpheniramine maleate, Coricidin, cyproheptadine, dimenhydrinate, Dimetane, Dimetapp, diphenhydramine, Dramamine, meclizine, meclizine hydrochloride, methapyrilene, Periactin, Phenergan, pheniramine, phenyltoloxamine, promethazine, pyrilamine |
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