"antihistamine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌæn.tiˈhɪs.tə.miːn/ [US], /ˌæn.taɪˈhɪs.tə.miːn/ [US] Audio: En-us-antihistamine.ogg Forms: antihistamines [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + histamine. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|histamine}} anti- + histamine Head templates: {{en-noun}} antihistamine (plural antihistamines)
  1. (pharmacology) A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies. Wikipedia link: antihistamine Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Synonyms: antihistamine, antihistaminic Hypernyms: pharmaceutical Derived forms: anticistamines, antihistaminic Related terms: Template:Antihistamines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Translations (drug or substance): antihistamínic [masculine] (Catalan), 抗組織胺藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 抗组织胺药 (kàngzǔzhī'ànyào) (Chinese Mandarin), antihistaminikum [neuter] (Czech), antihistamiini (Finnish), antihistaminique [masculine] (French), Antihistaminikum [neuter] (German), ofnæmislyf [neuter] (Icelandic), andhistamín [neuter] (Icelandic), antihistamina (Indonesian), antistaminico [masculine] (Italian), 抗ヒスタミン剤 (kō-hisutamin-zai) (Japanese), 抗ヒスタミン薬 (kō-hisutamin-yaku) (Japanese), anti-histamínico [masculine] (Portuguese), anti-histamina [feminine] (Portuguese), antihistaminic [neuter] (Romanian), антигистами́н (antigistamín) [masculine] (Russian), antihistamínico [masculine] (Spanish), antihistaminik (Turkish), antihistamin (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-antihistamine-en-noun-hDDKwDpd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, English terms suffixed with -amine, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences Hyponyms: bromazine, bromodiphenhydramine, carbinoxamine, clemastine, chlorphenoxamine, diphenylpyraline, diphenhydramine, doxylamine, orphenadrine, phenyltoloxamine, brompheniramine, chlorphenamine, dexbrompheniramine, dexchlorpheniramine, dimetindene, pheniramine, talastine, chloropyramine, histapyrrodine, mepyramine, methapyrilene, tripelennamine, pyribenzamine, alimemazine, hydroxyethylpromethazine, isothipendyl, mequitazine, methdilazine, oxomemazine, promethazine, buclizine, cetirizine, chlorcyclizine, cinnarizine, cyclizine, hydroxyzine, levocetirizine, meclizine, niaprazine, oxatomide, antazoline, azatadine, bamipine, cyproheptadine, deptropine, dimebon, ebastine, epinastine, ketotifen, mebhydrolin, mizolastine, phenindamine, pimethixene, pyrrobutamine, rupatadine, triprolidine, acrivastine, astemizole, azelastine, desloratadine, fexofenadine, loratadine, terfenadine, thenalidine, emedastine, montelukast, olopatadine

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      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "chloropyramine"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "histapyrrodine"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "mepyramine"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "methapyrilene"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "tripelennamine"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "pyribenzamine"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "alimemazine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "hydroxyethylpromethazine"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "isothipendyl"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "mequitazine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "methdilazine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "oxomemazine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "promethazine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "buclizine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "cetirizine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "chlorcyclizine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "cinnarizine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "cyclizine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "hydroxyzine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "levocetirizine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "meclizine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "niaprazine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "oxatomide"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "antazoline"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "azatadine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "bamipine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "cyproheptadine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "deptropine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "dimebon"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "ebastine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "epinastine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "ketotifen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "mebhydrolin"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "mizolastine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "phenindamine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "pimethixene"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "pyrrobutamine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "rupatadine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "triprolidine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "acrivastine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "astemizole"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "azelastine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "desloratadine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "fexofenadine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "loratadine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "terfenadine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "thenalidine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "emedastine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "montelukast"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antihistamine",
      "word": "olopatadine"
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "antihistamínic"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "word": "抗組織胺藥"
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      "roman": "kàngzǔzhī'ànyào",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "word": "抗组织胺药"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "drug or substance",
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      "word": "antihistaminikum"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "word": "antihistamiini"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "antihistaminique"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Antihistaminikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ofnæmislyf"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
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      "word": "andhistamín"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "word": "antihistamina"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "antistaminico"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "word": "抗ヒスタミン剤"
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      "roman": "kō-hisutamin-yaku",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "word": "抗ヒスタミン薬"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "anti-histamínico"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "anti-histamina"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "antihistaminic"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "antigistamín",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "антигистами́н"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "antihistamínico"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "word": "antihistaminik"
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      "sense": "drug or substance",
      "word": "antihistamin"
    }
  ],
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}

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