Crossword-Solution: ALEXIPHARMIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Alexipharmic | a. | Alt. of Alexipharmical |
| Alexipharmic | n. | An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison. |
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| acting as an antidote to poison | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with ALEXIPHARMIC (5)
One was an alexipharmic draught, to be taken the last thing at night, another a sudorific, to be administered once in every hour.
The medicine mithridate forms a part of many of these prescriptions; it does not seem to be regarded as an alexipharmic, but as a soporific.
The roots, and to some extent the leaves, are used in medicine; the inner bark and all the herbaceous parts are nauseously bitter; it is regarded as a purgative, emetic, and alexipharmic; in overdoses it is an acrid poison.
OPHIOXYLON SERPENTINUM.--A native of the East Indies, where the roots are used in medicine as a febrifuge and alexipharmic.
True, I had lately given some attention to botanical studies; but my new knowledge extended only to the _trees_ of the forest, and none of these with which I was acquainted possessed alexipharmic virtues.