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brompheniramine

American  
[brohm-fuh-neer-uh-meen, -min] / ˌbroʊm fəˈnɪər əˌmin, -mɪn /

noun

Pharmacology.

  1. a substance, C 16 H 19 BrN 2 , used as an antihistamine in the management of various allergies, as hay fever.

Etymology

Origin of brompheniramine

Presumably coined from contraction of the component names bromophenyl, pyridinepropanamine; bromo-, phenyl, pyridine, propane, -amine

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