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antihistamine

an·ti·his·tamine

US/ˌæn.tiˈhɪs.tə.miːn/ rare

noun

1.

a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site

Origin

From anti- + histamine.

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