antiperiodic

British  

/ ˌæntɪˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk /

adjective

1. obsolete efficacious against recurring attacks of a disease

---

noun

1. obsolete an antiperiodic drug or agent

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

antiperiodic

There never yet has been a substitute found for cinchona bark and its salts, as an antiperiodic and tonic.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

It is astringent, anthelmintic and antiperiodic, highly useful in chronic diarrhœa and dysentery, not only for its astringent effects but for its tonic and restorative action.

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

Recently it has attracted attention and gained some repute in medicine as an antiperiodic.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

It is used as a tonic and antiperiodic in intermittent fevers and in general where tonic treatment is indicated.

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

Pinckneya pubens.—This cinchonaceous plant is a native of the Southern States and has a reputation as an antiperiodic.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William