DIMETAPP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dimetapp mean? 

• DIMETAPP (noun)
  The noun DIMETAPP has 1 sense:

1. trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant; used to relieve nasal congestion and to treat rhinitis

  Familiarity information: DIMETAPP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIMETAPP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant; used to relieve nasal congestion and to treat rhinitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Dimetapp" 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)

nasal decongestant (a decongestant that provides temporary relief of nasal symptoms of the common cold and rhinitis and upper respiratory infections)

Meronyms (substance of "Dimetapp"):

brompheniramine maleate; Dimetane (antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis))

 Context examples 

Dimetapp is used to relieve nasal congestion and to treat rhinitis.

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