a tranquillizing drug used in the treatment of anxiety and motion sickness
Trade names: Atarax, Vistaril
hydroxyzine in American English
(haiˈdrɑksəˌzin)
noun
Pharmacology
an antihistaminic compound, C21H27ClN2O2, used in the treatment of allergy, nausea, and anxiety
Word origin
[1955–60; hydroxy- + (pipera)zine]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backgrounder, geodesic dome, life-support, opioid, softwarehydroxy- is a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which the hydroxylgroup is present. Other words that use the affix hydroxy- include: hydroxyketone, hydroxynaphthalene, hydroxyproline, hydroxyurea, trihydroxy
Examples of 'hydroxyzine' in a sentence
hydroxyzine
Another is for hydroxyzine, an antihistamine that relieves allergies and can be given to anxiety sufferers.