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antidote

[an-ti-doht]
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noun
  1. a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
  2. something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects: Good jobs are the best antidote to teenage crime.
verb (used with object), an·ti·dot·ed, an·ti·dot·ing.
  1. to counteract with an antidote: Medication was given to antidote the poison the child had swallowed.

Origin of antidote

1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin antidotum < Greek antídoton something given against (i.e., for counteracting), equivalent to anti- anti- + dotón neuter of dotós given, verbid of didónai to give; akin to datum
Related formsan·ti·dot·al, an·ti·dot·i·cal [an-ti-dot-i-kuh l] /ˌæn tɪˈdɒt ɪ kəl/, adjectivean·ti·dot·al·ly, an·ti·dot·i·cal·ly, adverb
Can be confusedanecdote antedate antidote
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antidote

noun
  1. med a drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison
  2. anything that counteracts or relieves a harmful or unwanted condition; remedy
Derived Formsantidotal, adjective

Word Origin for antidote

C15: from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton something given as a countermeasure, from anti- + didonai to give
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Word Origin and History for antidotal
adj.

1640s, from antidote + -al (1).

antidote

n.

"remedy counteracting poison," 1510s (earlier in English as a Latin word), from Middle French antidot and directly from Latin antidotum "a remedy against poison," from Greek antidoton "given as a remedy," literally "given against," verbal adjective of antididonai "give in return," from anti- "against" + didonai "to give" (see date (n.1)). Cf. Middle English antidotarie "treatise on drugs or medicines" (c.1400).

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antidotal in Medicine

antidote

[ăn′tĭ-dōt′]
n.
  1. An agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison.
Related formsan′ti•dot′al (ăn′tĭ-dōt′l) adj.
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antidotal in Science

antidote

[ăn′tĭ-dōt′]
  1. A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison.
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