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di⋅men⋅hy⋅dri⋅nate

  [dahy-men-hahy-druh-neyt]
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–noun Pharmacology.
a synthetic, crystalline, antihistamine powder, C17H22NO·C7H6ClN4O2, used in the treatment of allergic disorders and as a preventive for seasickness and airsickness.
Origin:
1945–50; dime(thyl) + (ami)n(e) + hydr(am)ine + -ate 2
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di·men·hy·dri·nate   (dī'měn-hī'drə-nāt')   
n.  An antihistamine, C24H28ClN5O3, used to treat motion sickness and allergic disorders.

[dime(thyl) + (ami)n(e) + hydrinate (hydr(am)in(e) + -ate2).]
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Main Entry: di·men·hy·dri·nate
Pronunciation: "dI-"men-'hI-dr&-"nAt
Function: noun
: a crystalline antihistamineC24H28ClN5O3 used especially to prevent nausea (as in motion sickness)
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dimenhydrinate di·men·hy·dri·nate (dī'měn-hī'drə-nāt')
n.
An antihistamine used to treat motion sickness and allergic disorders.

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dimenhydrinate

antihistamine used to treat nausea, chiefly that which occurs in motion sickness, and also in the symptomatic treatment of vertigo, such as in Meniere syndrome, a disease of the inner ear. Dimenhydrinate, a synthetic drug introduced into medicine in 1949, is administered orally in tablet or syrup form. Its duration of action is about four hours. The most common side effect is drowsiness.

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