alexipharmic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of alexipharmic
1665–75; obsolete alexipharm ( ac ) antidote (< Greek alexiphármakon, equivalent to alexi- averter ( see alexin) + phármakon poison, drug) + -ic; see pharmacy
Example Sentences
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"Is that some new alexipharmic?" he asked with a sudden rational air, which was almost as startling as if a dead man had spoken.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
The Flowers.—These are supposed to be aperient and attenuating; as also cardiac, alexipharmic, and sudorific: they are principally celebrated in uterine obstructions, the jaundice, and for throwing out the small-pox.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
It is scarcely needful to say that the emission of bubbles is a most ordinary phenomenon, and could have not the slightest connexion with the alexipharmic power of the stone, whether real or imaginary.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry
One was an alexipharmic draught, to be taken the last thing at night, another a sudorific, to be administered once in every hour.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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