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antihistamines

antihistamines is the plural of antihistamine.

Meaning of antihistamine

Noun

antihistamine (plural antihistamines)

  1. A drug that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies.
    • Perhaps the most striking method of demonstrating the effect of antihistamine substances is to use them to protect guinea-pigs against the action of histamine sprayed into the air from an atomizer.1946 December, British journal of pharmacology and chemotherapy, volume 1, number 4, page 278
    Synonyms:
    antihistaminic

Questions about antihistamines

What is antihistamines the plural of?
Antihistamines is the plural of antihistamine.

Words near antihistamines in the dictionary

  1. antihijacking
  2. antihippie
  3. antihippy
  4. antihistamine
  5. antihistaminergic
  6. antihistamines
  7. antihistaminic
  8. antihistaminics
  9. antihistone
  10. antihistorical
  11. antihistoricism

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