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meclizine

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mec⋅li⋅zine

[mek-luh-zeen]
–noun Pharmacology.
a compound, C2 5H2 7ClN2, used for preventing nausea of motion sickness, pregnancy, etc.

Origin:
1950–55; me(thylbenzene) + c(h)l(or)- 2 + -i- + (pipera)zine
mec·li·zine   (měk'lĭ-zēn')   
n.  A whitish crystalline powder, C25H27ClN2, used to treat nausea and motion sickness.

[me(thylbenzene) + c(h)l(oro-) + alteration of (piper)azine.]

Main Entry: mec·li·zine
Variant: or British mec·lo·zine /'mek-l&-"zEn/
Function: noun
: a drugC25H27ClN2 used usually in the form of its hydrochloride to treat nausea and vertigo —see ANTIVERT

meclizine mec·li·zine (měk'lĭ-zēn')
n.
An antihistaminic used in the prevention and treatment of nausea and motion sickness.

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