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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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
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)
Stahl, Hoffman, and other German physicians, are extremely fond of it, and recommend it as an excellent stomachic, resolvent, detergent, diuretic, diaphoretic, and alexipharmic.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
Ophioxylon serpentinum.—A native of the East Indies, where the roots are used in medicine as a febrifuge and alexipharmic.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
"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)
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