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Benadryl

Benadryl

13 3.5
Allergy medicine that reduces sneezing and itching and helps with motion sickness
  • noun
  • /ˈbɛnəˌdrɪl/
translation icon : difenhidramina
  • Or, pop a Benadryl if you are on a really long flight; Benadryl always makes me pass out for a few hours.
  • Benadryl antihistamine
  • take Benadryl
  • Benadryl Allergy

Many beekeepers have worked for many years and they use Benadryl and things like this to help.

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Examples

  • I gotta go to the drugstore and get some Benadryl and Kaopectate.

  • Take two Echinacea and a Benadryl for your sinuses.

  • Just hold on for the Benadryl, okay?

  • - And a Benadryl, if you have one.

  • I give my kids a Benadryl every Tuesday night so I can watch The Voice.

  • But have the Benadryl handy just in case.

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  • Have you tried Benadryl?

  • During Laura's last few treatments, they switched medicines and gave her Benadryl to help deal with possible reactions.

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  • It's cold season, and a tsp of Benadryl for a runny nose or allergies will have a baby asleep in no time.

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  • My doctor advised me to take a Benadryl tablet at bedtime to help with my allergies.

Synonyms

diphenhydramine
vsBenadryl
  • Specialized
2 5.5

A medicine that reduces allergy and hay fever symptoms and helps with motion sickness

is the trademarked brand form of the same medication

Surface Forms

Benadryl singular
Benadryls plural

Etymology

Benadryl was created as a brand name for the medicine diphenhydramine. A helpful way to remember it is to see Ben + dry as if the drug makes a runny nose 'dry', which is why people take it for allergies and motion sickness.