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Medical Term

antihistamines

also: antihistamine

drugs that counteract the effects of HISTAMINE release in the body. They are widely used to treat allergic reactions of various sorts, particularly to relieve skin conditions. Those taken by mouth have a sedative effect and so care must be taken when they are used.

Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug antihistamines