meclizine

[ mek-luh-zeen ]
/ ˈmɛk ləˌzin /

noun Pharmacology.

a compound, C25H27ClN2, used for preventing nausea of motion sickness, pregnancy, etc.

Origin of meclizine

First recorded in 1950–55; me(thylbenzene) + c(h)l(or)-2 + -i- + (pipera)zine

Words nearby meclizine

mecklenburg-schwerin, mecklenburg-strelitz, mecklenburg-vorpommern, mecklenburg-west pomerania, mecklenburg–western pomerania, meclizine, meclofenamate sodium, mecometer, mecon, meconism, meconium

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Medical definitions for meclizine

meclizine
[ mĕk′lĭ-zēn′ ]

n.

An antihistaminic used in the prevention and treatment of nausea and motion sickness.