ANTIHISTAMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antihistamine mean? 

• ANTIHISTAMINE (noun)
  The noun ANTIHISTAMINE has 1 sense:

1. a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site

  Familiarity information: ANTIHISTAMINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIHISTAMINE (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 third generation, non-sedating, selective histamine H1 receptor antagonist, with antihistamine, anti-inflammatory and potential anti-angiogenic activities.

(Levocetirizine, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic piperidine derivative with antihistamine properties.

(Levocabastine, NCI Thesaurus)

A piperazine derivative with antihistamine, antiemetic, and anxiolytic properties.

(Hydroxyzine, NCI Thesaurus)

Chlorpheniramine maleate, an antihistamine, blocks the effects of histamine, thereby preventing symptoms such as sneezing and itchy, watery eyes, runny nose and itchy throat.

(DuraVent DA, NCI Thesaurus)

The dihydrochloride salt form of the active levorotatory enantiomer of cetirizine, levocetirizine; a third generation, non-sedating, selective histamine H1 receptor antagonist, with antihistamine, anti-inflammatory and potential anti-angiogenic activities.

(Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Classes of pharmacological agents used include antibiotics, beta-adrenergic agents, antihistamines, corticosteroids and prostanoids.

(Ophthalmic Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

Doxylamine succinate, an antihistamine, blocks the effects of histamine, thereby treating symptoms such as sneezing, itchy, watery eyes, runny nose, itchy throat and causes drowsiness.

(Nyquil, NCI Thesaurus)

An oral combination preparation containing the antihistamine loratidine and the indirect-acting sympathicomimetic agent pseudoephedrine, with anti-allergic and decongestant activities.

(Loratadine/Pseudoephedrine, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent possesses anesthetic, antihistamine, and antacid properties.

(Lidobenalox, NCI Thesaurus)

The drugs include painkillers, hormones, anti-depressants and antihistamines.

(Experts Warn Prescription, Over-the-Counter Drugs Polluting World's Rivers, VOA)