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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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 M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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 William Salisbury
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 Philip Henry Gosse
True, I had lately given some attention to botanical studies; but my new knowledge extended only to the trees of the forest, and none of these with which I was acquainted possessed alexipharmic virtues.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid
The cooling regimen as it is called, was substituted for the alexipharmic, in so far as regards light clothing and cool air.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
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