Definition of Cantharis

1. n. A beetle (Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

Definition of Cantharis

1. Noun. (singular of cantharides) ¹

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Definition of Cantharis

1. [n -THARIDES]

Medical Definition of Cantharis

1. A dried beetle, Lytta (Cantharis) vesicatoria, used as a counterirritant and vesicant. Synonym: Russian fly, Spanish fly. Origin: L., fr. G. Kantharis, a beetle (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantharis

cantering
cantering rhythm
canters
cantest
canthal
canthal hypertelorism
canthari
cantharidal
cantharidal collodion
cantharidate
cantharides
cantharidic acid
cantharidin
cantharidins
cantharidism
cantharis (current term)
cantharis camphor
cantharus
canthaxanthin
canthaxanthins
canthectomy
cantheism
cantheist
cantheists
canthi
canthitis
canthitises
cantholysis
canthomeatal plane
canthook

Literary usage of Cantharis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Clinical materia medica by Ernest Albert Farrington (1897)
"cantharis. THE remedy which I propose to bring before you for study to-day is cantharis, the so-called Spanish fly. It is my purpose to speak of the more ..."

2. Transactions by Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York (1878)
"X. cantharis. By J. NOTTINGHAM, MD, Syracuse. I think that to Cantharides has been given a more limited range of action, than to any other of the animal ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1862)
"ON cantharis. BY FRANKLIN C. HILL. Several species of cantharis found in the United States, as C. vittata, C. atrata and C. cinerea are known to be at least ..."

4. Synopsis of the course of lectures on materia medica and pharmacy: Delivered by Joseph Carson (1855)
"Use as a stimulating liniment, to moisten blisters, and to prepare the skin for their application. cantharis VITTATA, US Potato Flies. cantharis Vittata. ..."

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