单词 | paregoric |
释义 | paregoric /par'i gawr"ik, -gor"-/, n. Pharm. 1. a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children. 2. any soothing medicine; anodyne. adj. 3. Archaic. assuaging pain; soothing. [1675-85; < LL paregoricus < Gk paregorikós soothing, equiv. to parégor(os) pertaining to consolatory speech (equiv. to par- PAR- + -egor-, comb. form of agorá AGORA + -os adj. suffix) + -ikos -IC] |
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