BROMPHENIRAMINE MALEATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brompheniramine maleate mean? 

• BROMPHENIRAMINE MALEATE (noun)
  The noun BROMPHENIRAMINE MALEATE has 1 sense:

1. antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis)

  Familiarity information: BROMPHENIRAMINE MALEATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROMPHENIRAMINE MALEATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

brompheniramine maleate; Dimetane

Hypernyms ("brompheniramine maleate" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("brompheniramine maleate" is a substance of...):

Dimetapp (trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant; used to relieve nasal congestion and to treat rhinitis)

 Context examples 

A commercial combination preparation, by Wyeth, containing brompheniramine maleate and phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride, with antihistaminergic and vasoconstrictive properties.

(Dimetapp, NCI Thesaurus)

Brompheniramine maleate competes with histamine for the H1 receptor.

(Brompheniramine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the commercial combination preparations, by Novartis, containing a combination of any of the following agents: the analgesic antipyretic acetaminophen, an antihistamine (chlorpheniramine maleate or brompheniramine maleate), the expectorant guaifenesin, the antitussive dextromethorphan maleate and/or the decongestant pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.

(Comtrex, NCI Thesaurus)

Brompheniramine maleate, a propylamine antihistamine binds to and blocks H1 receptors thereby preventing the actions of histamine.

(Dimetapp, NCI Thesaurus)