About The Word Antidote
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Antidote
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What's The Definition Of Antidote?
[n] a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Synonyms | Synonyms for Antidote: counterpoison Related Terms | Find terms related to Antidote: alexipharmic | antacid | antiserum | antitoxin | antivenin | backfire | buffer | corrective | counteractant | counteractive | counteragent | counterirritant | countermeasure | counterpoison | counterstep | cure | drug | medicament | medication | medicine | neutralizer | nullifier | offset | preventative | preventive | prophylactic | remedy | specific | theriac | theriaca See Also | curative | cure | remedy Antidote In Webster's Dictionary \An"ti*dote\, n. [L. antidotum, Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ?
given against; ? against + ? to give: cf. F. antidote. See
{Dose}, n.]
1. A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of
anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with
against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to,
poison.
2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to
counteract evil which something else might produce.
\An"ti*dote\, v. t. 1. To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote. Nor could Alexander himself . . . antidote . . . the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. --South. 2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote. |
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