antiperiodic

British  

/ ˌæntɪˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk /

adjective

1. obsolete efficacious against recurring attacks of a disease

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noun

1. obsolete an antiperiodic drug or agent

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antiperiodic

The trunk bark possesses antiperiodic properties first described by Descourtilz and confirmed later by Dr. G. Bidie and Dr. J. Short.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

The antiperiodic properties are comparable with those of quinine and have even proved effective in some cases in which quinine failed.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

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 P. L. Simmonds

Like quinine, it arrests the normal amoeboid movements of the polymorphonuclear leucocytes, and has a definite antiperiodic action; but it is a very poor substitute for quinine in malaria.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

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 William Saunders

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