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diascordium

diascordium noun: a medicine made from dried herbs, especially Teucrium scordium.

Noun

diascordium (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A medicine made from dried herbs, especially Teucrium scordium.
    • Laudanum Paracelsi is prescribed in two or three grains, with a dram of diascordium, which Oswald. Crollius commends., II.5.1.vi

Origin of diascordium

Medical Latin, from Ancient Greek διὰ σκορδίων (dià skordíōn), from σκόρδιον (skórdion, “scordium”).

Questions about diascordium

What does diascordium mean?
Diascordium means a medicine made from dried herbs, especially Teucrium scordium.
What part of speech is diascordium?
Diascordium is a noun.

Words near diascordium in the dictionary

  1. diascopes
  2. diascopic
  3. diascopies
  4. diascopy
  5. diascord
  6. diascordium
  7. diasebesten
  8. diaskeuasis
  9. diaskeuast
  10. diaskeuasts
  11. diasone

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