alexipharmac

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˌlɛksɪˈfɑːmæk/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˌlɛksəˈfɑɹmæk/ Hyphenation: alex‧i‧pharm‧ac === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle French alexipharmaque (modern French alexipharmaque (archaic)), and from its etymon Latin alexipharmacon (“antidote”) (whence Late Latin alexipharmacum), from Ancient Greek ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον (alexĭphắrmăkon, “antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell”), a noun use of the neuter of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexĭphắrmăkos, “acting as an antidote”), from ἀλέξειν (aléxein) (the active infinitive of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”)) + φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon, “drug, whether healing or poisonous; charm, potion, spell; colour, dye”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain types of adjectives). ==== Noun ==== alexipharmac (plural alexipharmacs) (pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) A medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake); an alexipharmic, an antidote. Synonyms: (all archaic or historical) alexipharmacal, alexipharmacon, alexipharmacum, alexipharmakon, alexipharmic ===== Derived terms ===== alexipharmic ===== Related terms ===== alexipharmacal alexipharmacon alexipharmacum alexipharmakon alexipharmical ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French alexipharmaque (archaic), and from its etymon Late Latin alexipharmacus, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos) (see etymology 1). ==== Adjective ==== alexipharmac (comparative more alexipharmac, superlative most alexipharmac) (pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom; alexipharmic. Synonyms: (all archaic or historical) alexipharmacal, alexipharmic, alexipharmical ===== Derived terms ===== alexipharmic ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === antidote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia