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alexipharmacum

alexipharmacum noun: something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.

Noun

alexipharmacum (plural alexipharmaca)

  1. (obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
    • he calls steel the proper alexipharmacum of this malady, and much magnifies it […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

Forms of alexipharmacum

pluralalexipharmaca

Origin of alexipharmacum

From Latin alexipharmacum, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακον (alexiphármakon).

Questions about alexipharmacum

What does alexipharmacum mean?
Alexipharmacum means something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
What part of speech is alexipharmacum?
Alexipharmacum is a noun.
What is the plural of alexipharmacum?
The plural of alexipharmacum is alexipharmaca.

Words near alexipharmacum in the dictionary

  1. alexipharmacal
  2. alexipharmacals
  3. alexipharmacon
  4. alexipharmacons
  5. alexipharmacs
  6. alexipharmacum
  7. alexipharmakon
  8. alexipharmic
  9. alexipharmical
  10. alexipharmics
  11. alexipyretic

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