alexipharmic
1 of 2noun
alex·i·phar·mic
ə-ˌlek-si-ˈfär-mik
plural -s
: an antidote against poison or infection
alexipharmic
2 of 2adjective
alex·i·phar·mic
ə-ˌlek-si-ˈfär-mik
variants or alexipharmical
ə-ˌlek-si-ˈfär-mi-kəl
: expelling or counteracting poison : antidotal
Word History
Etymology
Noun
alteration of earlier alexipharmac, from Greek alexipharmakos, from alexein + pharmakon poison, drug, remedy
First Known Use
Noun
1661, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1671, in the meaning defined above
- phosphate
- phosphate rock
- phosphated flour
- phosphates
- phosphatic
- phosphatic slag
- phosphatide
- phosphatides
- phosphatidic
- phosphatidyl
- phosphatidylcholine
- phosphatidylcholines
- phosphatidylethanolamine
- phosphatidylethanolamines
- phosphatidyls
- phosphation
- phosphatisation
- phosphatisations
- phosphatise
- phosphatised
- phosphatises
- phosphatising
- phosphatization
- phosphatizations
- phosphatize