antihistamine /ˌæn.tiˈhɪs.tə.miːn/ noun1 •A drug that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies.Perhaps the most striking method of demonstrating the effect of antihistamine substances is to use them to protect guinea-pigs against the action of histamine sprayed into the air from an atomizer. — 1946 formsantihistamines