alexipharmic

[uh-lek-suh-fahr-mik]

a·lex·i·phar·mic

[uh-lek-suh-fahr-mik] Medicine/Medical
adjective
1.
warding off poisoning or infection; antidotal; prophylactic.
noun
2.
an alexipharmic agent, especially an internal antidote.

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Alexipharmic is always a great word to know.
So is tibia. Does it mean:
the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle; the shinbone
of or pertaining to the throat or neck.

Origin:
1665–75; obsolete alexipharm(ac) antidote (< Greek alexiphármakon, equivalent to alexi- averter (see alexin) + phármakon poison, drug) + -ic; see pharmacy
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alexipharmic (əˌlɛksɪˈfɑːmɪk)
 
adj
1.  acting as an antidote
 
n
2.  an antidote
 
[C17: from Greek alexipharmakon antidote, from alexein to avert + pharmakon drug]

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