histamine blocker
- noun
- /ˈhɪstəˌmin ˈblɑːkər/
- Specialized
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antihistamínico
- The pharmacist recommended a non-drowsy histamine blocker for daytime allergy relief.
Examples
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Emergency physicians sometimes give intravenous histamine blockers for severe allergic reactions in hospital.
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She took a histamine blocker to relieve her severe hay fever symptoms yesterday.
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The doctor prescribed a histamine blocker for my allergies.
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Many people find a histamine blocker effective during allergy season.
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The pharmacist recommended a non-drowsy histamine blocker for daytime allergy relief.
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Many people find a histamine blocker effective during allergy season.
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She took a histamine blocker to relieve her severe hay fever symptoms yesterday.
Synonyms
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3.7
A medicine that stops allergy symptoms like sneezing and itching
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5.5
A medicine that reduces allergy and hay fever symptoms and helps with motion sickness
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'histamine' names the substance and 'blocker' denotes something that blocks it, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a medicine that inhibits histamine's effects (i.e., an antihistamine). This noun–noun modifier pattern is a regular, cross-linguistic word-formation in English, so the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Histamine blocker can be remembered as a guard who stops histamine, the body's messenger that makes you sneeze and itch, from reaching the parts that cause allergy problems. That's why a histamine blocker helps relieve 'sneezing, itching, and hives'.