electuary

American  

[ih-lek-choo-er-ee] / ɪˈlɛk tʃuˌɛr i /

noun

Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine.

electuaries plural

1. a pasty mass composed of a medicine, usually in powder form, mixed in a palatable medium, as syrup, honey, or other sweet substance: used especially for animals and administered by application to the teeth, tongue, or gums.

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electuary British  

/ ɪˈlɛktjʊərɪ /

noun

1. archaic a paste taken orally, containing a drug mixed with syrup or honey

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• electuaries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of electuary

1350–1400; Middle English electuarie < Late Latin elect ( u ) ārium a medicinal lozenge, alteration (by confusion with Latin ēlēctus (adj.) choice, good quality, ēlēctus (noun) choice) of Greek ekleiktón lozenge (neuter verbal adjective of ekleíchein to lick up; ek- ec- + leíchein to lick ); see -ary

Example Sentences

In obstinate cases, three drams of carbon may be taken two or three times a day, mixed with three ounces of lenitive electuary, and two drams of carbonate of soda, as circumstances may require.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

The flowers, leaves and roots, but especially the flowers, possess antispasmodic properties and are prescribed in certain forms of asthma; they are bitter and slightly aromatic, and are given in infusion or electuary.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

They are useful for costive habits, and may be made into an electuary; but, when unripe, Plums provoke choleraic diarrhoea.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

Diascordium, dī-a-skor′di-um, n. an electuary prepared with scordium or water-germander.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

If barrenness proceed from dryness, consuming the matter of the seed; take every day almond milk, and goat's milk extracted with honey, but often of the root satyrion, candied, and electuary of diasyren.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle