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promethazine

DEFINITIONS OF: promethazine

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n antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness

Synonyms:
Phenergan
Type of:
antiemetic, antiemetic drug
a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting
antihistamine
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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