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antidote

[an-ti-doht]

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noun

a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.

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.

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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Related Words for antidotal

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Examples from the Web for antidotal

Historical Examples of antidotal

The woods might have been filled with antidotal remedies, and I have died in their midst.
The Quadroon
Mayne Reid
Its juices were said to be antidotal to snake poisoning, and would also cure the opium habit.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why
Martha M. Allen
The knowledg of these antidotal Herbs they have learned from the Mounggoutia a kind of Ferret.
An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies
Robert Knox
It is curious that among the non-venomous animals the rabbit's bile is the most powerful in antidotal properties.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899
Various
Your letters would be antidotal, and thus, by a sort of mental allopathy, beneficial.
The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance
Paul Elmer More

British Dictionary definitions for antidotal

antidote

noun

med a drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison

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).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

antidotal in Medicine

antidote

[ăn′tĭ-dōt′]

n.

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′]

A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison.

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