PROMETHAZINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does promethazine mean? 

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

1. antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROMETHAZINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Phenergan; promethazine

Hypernyms ("promethazine" is a kind of...):

antiemetic; antiemetic drug (a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting)

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