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DECONGESTANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drug that decreases pulmonary congestion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("decongestant" 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 "decongestant"):
nasal decongestant (a decongestant that provides temporary relief of nasal symptoms of the common cold and rhinitis and upper respiratory infections)
Context examples:
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)
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