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antihistamine

 noun
     
Related topics: Drugs, Medicines, Illness and Disability
an‧ti‧his‧ta‧mine [uncountable and countable]
MD a drug that is used to treat an allergy (=an unpleasant reaction to particular foods, substances etc)
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