anti-odontalgicadj.n.
Med.
A. adj.
Of use against toothache.
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anti-odontalgic1817
1817 S. T. Coleridge Own Times (1850) III. 951 The famous anti-odontalgic teeth of St. Apollonia.
B. n.
Anything so used.
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1821 Byron Wks. (1837) V. 249 Tooth-powder, tooth-brushes, or any such anti-odontalgic..articles.
1880 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Antodontalgic.
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