cantharides

American  

[kan-thar-i-deez] / kænˈθær ɪˌdiz /

plural noun

1. Spanish fly.

2. cantharis. Spanish fly.

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cantharides British  

/ kænˈθærɪˌdiːz /

plural noun

1. Also called: Spanish fly.  a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae ), once thought to be an aphrodisiac

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Etymology

Origin of cantharides

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin, plural of cantharis < Greek kantharís blister fly

Example Sentences

Inverted motions of the urinary lymphatics are reclaimed by cantharides, turpentine, rosin, the sorbentia, and opium, with calcareous earth, and earth of alum, by oil externally, warm-bath.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Jackson long before had mentioned, as one of the eruptions belonging to this disease, "large bull�, as if produced by cantharides."

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Bleeding nearly to death, mercury, cantharides, and various medicines, have been also called into aid; but none have appeared to prove effectual in curing this dreadful disorder.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Apsid- apsides apsis Cantharid- cantharides cantharis Chrysalid- chrysalides chrysalis Ephemerid- ephemerides ephemeris Tripod- tripodes tripos.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

What are the singular forms of cantharides, ph�nomena, and data?

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)