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promethazine
(pro|metha|zine)
Pronunciation:
/prə(ʊ)ˈmɛθəziːn/
noun
[
mass noun
]
Medicine
a synthetic antihistamine drug derived from phenothiazine, used chiefly to treat the symptoms of allergies and motion sickness.
Origin:
1950s
: from
pro(pyl
) + (
di)meth(ylamine
), a colourless gas + (
phenothi)azine
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