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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A. bracteāta is used in India as an anthelminthic; A. odoratissima, a West Indian species, is a valuable bitter and alexipharmic.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
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
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 Reid, Mayne
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
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)
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