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alexipharmic, a. and n.|əˌlɛksɪˈfɑːmɪk|
[Modified from alexipharmac by form-association with the ending -ic, as in tonic, diuretic, etc.]
A. adj. Preserving from the effects of poison; counteracting or driving away poison; having the quality or nature of an antidote.
1671Salmon Syn. Med. iii. xxii. 393 Marigold, the flowers are Alexipharmick. 1761Brit. Mag. II. 117 Alexipharmic boluses and neutral draughts. 1830Lindley Syst. Bot. 233 Supposed by the Indian doctors..to be alexipharmic.
B. n. An alexipharmic medicine or application; a remedy or preservative against poison; an antidote or ‘counterpoison.’
1683Salmon Doron Med. ii. 394 A mighty great Cordial, alexipharmick, and counter-poyson. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 120 ⁋2 They filled his apartments with alexipharmics, restoratives, and essential virtues. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. 20 The horns were employed as alexipharmics. 1836M. Chapman Prom. Bd. in Blackw. Mag. XL. 730 Alexipharmic was there none or drug. |
