CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorpheniramine maleate mean? 

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

1. an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Chlor-Trimeton; chlorpheniramine maleate; Coricidin

Hypernyms ("chlorpheniramine 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)

 Context examples 

A commercial combination preparation, by Biovail Pharmaceuticals, containing chlorpheniramine maleate, phenylephrine hydrochloride and methscopolamine nitrate used to relieve symptoms of cold and flu.

(DuraVent DA, 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)

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)