HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydroxyzine hydrochloride mean? 

• HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)
  The noun HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE has 1 sense:

1. a drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness

  Familiarity information: HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Atarax; hydroxyzine; hydroxyzine hydrochloride; Vistaril

Hypernyms ("hydroxyzine hydrochloride" is a kind of...):

antianxiety drug; anxiolytic; anxiolytic drug; minor tranquilizer; minor tranquilliser; minor tranquillizer (a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability)

 Context examples 

In addition, hydroxyzine hydrochloride crosses the blood-brain barrier and acts on the histamine H1-receptors in the central nervous system.

(Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Hydroxyzine hydrochloride blocks the H1 histamine receptor and prevents the symptoms that are caused by histamine activity on capillaries, bronchial smooth muscle, and gastrointestinal smooth muscle, including vasodilatation, increased capillary permeability, bronchoconstriction, and spasmodic contraction of gastrointestinal smooth muscle.

(Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)