Definitions For Alexipharmic

Adjective

(pharmacology, chiefly, archaic, or, historical) {{synonym of, en, alexipharmac, t=of or pertaining to an alexipharmac#noun, alexipharmac; also, act#verb, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or ward off, warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance#noun, substance, especially a poison#noun, poison or venom#noun, venom}} : {{synonyms, en, q1=both archaic or historical, alexipharmacal, alexipharmical}}

Translations

synonym of alexipharmac, alexipharmac

Noun

ALEXIPHARMIC (plural ALEXIPHARMICs) (pharmacology, chiefly, archaic, or, historical, also, figuratively) {{synonym of, en, alexipharmac, t=a medical#adjective, medical remedy#noun, remedy for protecting the body#noun, body, or an antidote#noun, antidote, against harmful substance#noun, substances, especially a poison#noun, poison or venom#noun, venom (specifically, that of a snake#noun, snake)}}; an antidote. : {{synonyms, en, q1=all archaic or historical, alexipharmacal, alexipharmacon, alexipharmakon, alexipharmacum}}

Coordinate terms

alexipyretic alexiteric

Related terms

alexipharmacon alexipharmacum alexipharmakon alexipharmical

Translations

synonym of alexipharmac, alexipharmac, antidote

See also

post-exposure prophylaxis pre-exposure prophylaxis

Etymology

{{root, en, ine-pro, *h₂lek-}} a variant of alexipharmac + ic + suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming {{glossary + adjective}}s}}.{{r:oed online + alexipharmac is borrowed from the following:{{r:oed online As a {{glossary, noun}}, from {{bor, en, frm, alexipharmaque}} (modern {{cog, fr, alexipharmaque}} {{qualifier, archaic}}), and from its {{glossary, etymon}} Latin alexipharmacon ("antidote") (whence {{cog, LL., alexipharmacum}}), from {{der, en, grc, ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον, t=antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell}}, a noun use of the {{glossary, neuter}} of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος, t=acting as an antidote, from ἀλέξειν (the {{glossary, active}} {{glossary, infinitive}} of ἀλέξω, t=to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off, ultimately from {{der, en, ine-pro, *h₂lek-, t=to protect}}) + φάρμᾰκον, t=drug, whether healing or poisonous; charm, potion, spell; colour, dye + -ος, pos=suffix forming certain types of adjectives. As an adjective, from {{bor, en, fr, alexipharmaque}} {{qualifier, archaic}}, and from its etymon {{der, en, LL., alexipharmacus}}, from {{der, en, grc, ἀλεξιφάρμακος}} (see above).