chlorpheniramine
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- noun
- /klɔrˌfɛnəˈriːmiːn/
- Specialized
:
clorfeniramina
- Many allergy medications contain chlorpheniramine to help reduce symptoms and improve comfort.
Examples
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Chlorpheniramine (category B) is generally the antihistamine of choice for use during pregnancy (Table 3).
Academic text (2003) -
Inj. Ranitidine 50 mg, Inj. Dexamethasone 8 mg, and Inj. Chlorpheniramine maleate were injected.
Academic text (2007) -
When I have allergies, I find that chlorpheniramine helps relieve my sneezing and runny nose.
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After taking chlorpheniramine, my itchy eyes started to feel much better.
Synonyms
A medicine that reduces allergy symptoms like sneezing and a runny nose
A medicine that reduces allergy and cold symptoms like sneezing and runny nose
Compounds
- Specialized
A medicine that reduces allergy and cold symptoms like sneezing and runny nose
Surface Forms
Morphology
chlorpheniramine = pheniramine (opaque) = chloro + pheniramine
The formation follows technical chemical naming (chloro- + pheniramine) and the components are not informative to an average learner about its antihistamine meaning.
Etymology
Chlorpheniramine is a name made from small chemical parts. The chlor- part is like chlorine, a common chemical, the phen- part refers to a circle-shaped part found in many medicines, and the -amine part is like amino, meaning it has a nitrogen group. So the long name simply describes the drug's chemical parts and helps explain why it is used to treat allergy symptoms.