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Antihistamine Common

Origin: Greek prefix anti-

Antihistamine has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies.

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oxatomide chloropyramine ketotifen thiazinam clobenztropine thenalidine diphenylpyraline tolpropamine
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Rhyming Words
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