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DIPHENHYDRAMINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("diphenhydramine" 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 synthetic p-aminophenol derivative and diphenhydramine combination with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and anti-allergic properties.
(Acetaminophen/Diphenhydramine, NCI Thesaurus)
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