alexipharmicn.adj.

Brit.

/əˌlɛksᵻˈfɑːmɪk/, U.S.

/əˌlɛksəˈfɑrmɪk/

Forms: 1600s alexifarmik, 1600s alexipharmicke, 1600s–1700s alexipharmick, 1600s– alexipharmic.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: alexipharmac n.

Etymology: Alteration of alexipharmac n. (with suffix substitution: see -ic suffix), after e.g. diuretic adj., diuretic n.). Compare slightly later post-classical Latin alexipharmicus (see alexipharmical adj.). With the adjective compare earlier alexipharmical adj. With the noun compare earlier alexipharmac n., alexipharmacum n.

Now chiefly historical or archaic.

A. n.

A medicine or treatment believed to protect against, counteract the effects of, or expel from the body a noxious or toxic substance, esp. a poison or venom; an antidote; (in later use) esp. a remedy for snakebite. Also in figurative context.Alexipharmics were originally used in the treatment of many infectious diseases, including plague and smallpox.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun]

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1628 J. Woodall Viaticum 13 It [sc. Theriaca Diatessaron] resisteth putrifactious and pestilentiall vapours, and is the most antients Treacle of all other: my selfe haue had very much, true, and good experience of it, and would trust my life vpon it, before the 2. aforesaid Alexifarmicks.

1666 N. Hodges Vindiciæ Medicinæ & Medicorum (new ed.) 229 The chief intention in the cure consisting in an early expulsion of the malignity, proper Alexipharmicks did mostly contribute to this end.

1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum ii. 394 A mighty great Cordial, alexipharmick, and counter-poyson.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 120. ⁋2 They filled his apartments with alexipharmics, restoratives, and essential virtues.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. i. 9 The horns are employed as alexipharmics.

1836 M. J. Chapman Prometheus Bound in Blackwood's Mag. 40 730 Alexipharmic was there none or drug.

1866 H. Greeley Amer. Confl. 76/1 If you have power to medicine to it in the way proposed.., you also have the power, in the distribution of your political alexipharmics, to present the deadliest drugs to every Territory that would become a State.

1888 Nature 12 Jan. 257/2 An interesting paper by Mr. Daniel Morris, on the use of certain plants as alexipharmics, or snake-bite antidotes, has just been issued.

1912 H. N. Ridley Spices viii. 303 Dymock states that Mohammedan writers describe it [sc. pepper] as a deobstruent, resolvent, and an alexipharmic.

1994 P. O'Brian Commodore (1996) iv. 97 I believe we may now cross off the antimonials, jalap and camphire..and the small list of alexipharmics that Beale is sending over tomorrow.

2003 M. Sandler & R. Pinder Wine ii. 30 The Greeks also developed their theriacs and alexipharmics.

B. adj.

That acts as an alexipharmic; of or relating to the action of an alexipharmic.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [adjective]

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1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 246 The fruit doth clense the liver and kidnies, and extenuates grosse humors, it's used in alexipharmicke remedies.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 393 Marigold, the flowers are Alexipharmick.

1696 J. Pechey Gen. Treat. Dis. Maids 168 Such things as are of an Alexipharmic and Astringent Nature must be boyl'd in their Broths, as the Roots of Tormentil and Bistort.

1731 T. Apperley Observ. in Physick 261 However, I order'd her a Draught with half a Drachm of the Alexipharmic Powder.

1761 Brit. Mag. 2 117 Alexipharmic boluses and neutral draughts.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 233 Supposed by the Indian doctors..to be alexipharmic.

1862 R. Páez Wild Scenes S. Amer. 216 Another singular practice obtains among Llaneros; it is that of inoculation with the juice of certain plants possessing alexipharmic virtues, after which the most poisonous snakes may be handled with impunity.

1909 Therapeutic Gaz. 15 Sept. 658/1 The drug [sc. squill] was held by the early philosophers to be ‘Alexipharmic’—that is, antidotal.

1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 222 A master wort of medicine, this not very exciting plant [sc. Peucedanum ostruthium] was alexipharmic, or an antidote to poison, sudorific, and ‘a great Attenuator and Opener’.

2010 A. Mayor Poison King xi. 240 Recent scientific studies of many common Mithridatium ingredients reveal alexipharmic bioactivities in the immune system.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alexipharmic
释义	alexipharmicn.adj. Brit. /əˌlɛksᵻˈfɑːmɪk/, U.S. /əˌlɛksəˈfɑrmɪk/ Forms: 1600s alexifarmik, 1600s alexipharmicke, 1600s–1700s alexipharmick, 1600s– alexipharmic. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: alexipharmac n. Etymology: Alteration of alexipharmac n. (with suffix substitution: see -ic suffix), after e.g. diuretic adj., diuretic n.). Compare slightly later post-classical Latin alexipharmicus (see alexipharmical adj.). With the adjective compare earlier alexipharmical adj. With the noun compare earlier alexipharmac n., alexipharmacum n. Now chiefly historical or archaic. A. n. A medicine or treatment believed to protect against, counteract the effects of, or expel from the body a noxious or toxic substance, esp. a poison or venom; an antidote; (in later use) esp. a remedy for snakebite. Also in figurative context.Alexipharmics were originally used in the treatment of many infectious diseases, including plague and smallpox. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] atterlothec1000 treacle1340 theriaclec1400 theriacc1440 mithridate1528 antidote1543 counter-poison1548 pazar1563 antidotary1583 alexipharmac1585 alexipharmacum1590 bezoar1597 alexitery1604 corrector1605 counterbane1605 alexipharmacal1608 correctory1608 corrective1612 alexipharmic1628 alexiteric1655 deletery1657 obsistent1657 vincetoxic1658 bezoardic1671 alexiterial1673 alexiterian1681 therial1912 1628 J. Woodall Viaticum 13 It [sc. Theriaca Diatessaron] resisteth putrifactious and pestilentiall vapours, and is the most antients Treacle of all other: my selfe haue had very much, true, and good experience of it, and would trust my life vpon it, before the 2. aforesaid Alexifarmicks. 1666 N. Hodges Vindiciæ Medicinæ & Medicorum (new ed.) 229 The chief intention in the cure consisting in an early expulsion of the malignity, proper Alexipharmicks did mostly contribute to this end. 1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum ii. 394 A mighty great Cordial, alexipharmick, and counter-poyson. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 120. ⁋2 They filled his apartments with alexipharmics, restoratives, and essential virtues. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. i. 9 The horns are employed as alexipharmics. 1836 M. J. Chapman Prometheus Bound in Blackwood's Mag. 40 730 Alexipharmic was there none or drug. 1866 H. Greeley Amer. Confl. 76/1 If you have power to medicine to it in the way proposed.., you also have the power, in the distribution of your political alexipharmics, to present the deadliest drugs to every Territory that would become a State. 1888 Nature 12 Jan. 257/2 An interesting paper by Mr. Daniel Morris, on the use of certain plants as alexipharmics, or snake-bite antidotes, has just been issued. 1912 H. N. Ridley Spices viii. 303 Dymock states that Mohammedan writers describe it [sc. pepper] as a deobstruent, resolvent, and an alexipharmic. 1994 P. O'Brian Commodore (1996) iv. 97 I believe we may now cross off the antimonials, jalap and camphire..and the small list of alexipharmics that Beale is sending over tomorrow. 2003 M. Sandler & R. Pinder Wine ii. 30 The Greeks also developed their theriacs and alexipharmics. B. adj. That acts as an alexipharmic; of or relating to the action of an alexipharmic. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [adjective] repugnant?a1425 theriacc1440 corrective1541 antidotary1599 theriacal1603 alexitery1604 alexipharmacal1608 alexipharmatical1608 alexipharmical1608 alexiterial1608 antidotical1608 bezoardicala1644 antidotal1646 alexipharmic1659 alexipharmac1661 alexiterical1665 bezoardic1671 alexiteric1696 alexiterian1775 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 246 The fruit doth clense the liver and kidnies, and extenuates grosse humors, it's used in alexipharmicke remedies. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 393 Marigold, the flowers are Alexipharmick. 1696 J. Pechey Gen. Treat. Dis. Maids 168 Such things as are of an Alexipharmic and Astringent Nature must be boyl'd in their Broths, as the Roots of Tormentil and Bistort. 1731 T. Apperley Observ. in Physick 261 However, I order'd her a Draught with half a Drachm of the Alexipharmic Powder. 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 117 Alexipharmic boluses and neutral draughts. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 233 Supposed by the Indian doctors..to be alexipharmic. 1862 R. Páez Wild Scenes S. Amer. 216 Another singular practice obtains among Llaneros; it is that of inoculation with the juice of certain plants possessing alexipharmic virtues, after which the most poisonous snakes may be handled with impunity. 1909 Therapeutic Gaz. 15 Sept. 658/1 The drug [sc. squill] was held by the early philosophers to be ‘Alexipharmic’—that is, antidotal. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 222 A master wort of medicine, this not very exciting plant [sc. Peucedanum ostruthium] was alexipharmic, or an antidote to poison, sudorific, and ‘a great Attenuator and Opener’. 2010 A. Mayor Poison King xi. 240 Recent scientific studies of many common Mithridatium ingredients reveal alexipharmic bioactivities in the immune system. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1628
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