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DPH

DPH is the initialism of designated pinch hitter.

DPH is the initialism of digital planar holography.

DPH is the initialism of diphenylhydantoin.

DPH is the initialism of diphenhydramine.

DPH is the initialism of diphenylhexatriene.

DPH is the initialism of doctor of public health.

Meaning of diphenylhydantoin

Noun

diphenylhydantoin (countable and uncountable, plural diphenylhydantoins)

  1. phenytoin

Meaning of diphenhydramine

Noun

diphenhydramine (countable and uncountable, plural diphenhydramines)

  1. An antihistamine and anticholinergic drug that blocks the effect of histamine at H₁ receptor sites, relieving allergy symptoms. It also reduces smooth muscle contraction, increases heart rate, and sedates the user by blocking muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs).
    • Diphenhydramine is a convenient and cheap antihistamine for use, but there are other drugs that do not make the user tired.
    Synonyms:
    ZzzQuil, Benadryl

Forms of DPH

pluralDPHs

Questions about DPH

What is DPH the initialism of?
DPH is the initialism of designated pinch hitter.

Words near DPH in the dictionary

  1. DPDP
  2. DPDR
  3. DPE
  4. DPed
  5. DPG
  6. DPH
  7. DPhil
  8. DPhil's
  9. DPhils
  10. DPHs
  11. dpi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: DPH (page history and authors); diphenylhydantoin (page history and authors); diphenhydramine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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