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BENADRYL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Benadryl mean?
• BENADRYL (noun)
The noun BENADRYL has 1 sense:
1. antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness
Familiarity information: BENADRYL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Benadryl; diphenhydramine
Hypernyms ("Benadryl" is a kind of...):
antihistamine (a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site)
Context examples
An oral suspension of viscous lidocaine, diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and aluminum and magnesium hydroxides (Maalox).
(Lidobenalox, NCI Thesaurus)
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