antihistamine
pronunciation
How to pronounce antihistamine in British English:
UK [ˌæntiˈhɪstəmi:n]
How to pronounce antihistamine in American English:
US [ˌæntiˈhɪstəˌmin, -mɪn]
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- Noun:
- a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site
Word Origin
- antihistamine (n.)
- 1933, from anti- + histamine.
Example
- 1. He had allergies , which drove him crazy despite an antihistamine and a nasal steroid spray .
- 2. If cool baths and moisturizers don 't relive itching , you may need a steroid cream or oral antihistamine .
- 3. Healthy volunteers took fexofenadine , an antihistamine used to fight allergies , along with either a glass of grapefruit juice , a glass of water with naringin ( which gives the bitter taste to grapefruit juice ) , or plain water .
- 4. The older of my two daughters had a rash so we stopped at walmart to get her some antihistamine cream .