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Definition of Paregoric
1. Noun. Medicine used to treat diarrhea.
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Definition of Paregoric
1. a. Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.
2. n. A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.
Definition of Paregoric
1. Noun. a painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paregoric
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Medical Definition of Paregoric
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paregoric
Literary usage of Paregoric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Analyst (1879)
"They were not aware that the defendant sold paregoric ; but, being in the
neighbourhood, wont in for the purpose. The defendant took down a bottle from a ..."
2. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1880)
"They were not aware that the defendant sold paregoric ; but, being in the
neighbourhood, went in for the purpose. The defendant took down a bottle from a ..."
3. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1921)
"paregoric ADDICTION.—paregoric addicts are relatively infrequent, but in certain
sections of the United States it has been used in large quantities, ..."
4. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"IRVING TAKES paregoric Bygones. By AW Pinero. A Story of Waterloo. By A Conan Doyle.
A Chapter from Don Quixote. By the late WG Wills. ..."
5. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"The juice or syrup is given to infants with colic ; a few drops being used, in
place of paregoric. Said to be both stimulant and carminative. ..."
6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1898)
"In twenty-two, or forty-seven er cent, of the number who took the paregoric,
there •as a fall of the temperature to normal within twenty- )ur hours, ..."
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