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<pharmacology> A drug that counteracts the action of histamine. The antihistamines are of two types. The conventional ones, as those used in allergies, block the H1 histamine receptors, whereas the others block the H2 receptors.
Synonyms: antihistaminic.
(18 Nov 1997)
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