diphenhydramine
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di·phen·hy·dra·mine
(dī′fĕn-hī′drə-mēn′, -mĭn)n.
A sedating antihistamine drug, C17H21NO, used usually in the form of its hydrochloride to treat symptoms of colds and allergic conditions, motion sickness, insomnia, and parkinsonism.
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diphenhydramine
(ˌdaɪfɛnˈhaɪdrəˌmiːn)n
a compound used in medicines, in the form of diphenhydramine hydrochloride, as an antihistamine, sedative, and anticholinergic
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| Noun | 1. |  diphenhydramine - antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sicknessantihistamine - a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site |
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diphenhydramine
n. difenhidramina, nombre comercial Benadryl, antihistamínico.
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