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PHENIRAMINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antihistamine used in preparations to treat allergies and respiratory infections; used to treat rhinitis and skin rashes and pruritus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pheniramine" 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)