antidote

== English == === Alternative forms === antidot (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτον (antídoton, “antidote, remedy”), Clipping of ἀντίδοτον φάρμακον (antídoton phármakon, “drug given against”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “to give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Compare French antidote. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ === Noun === antidote (plural antidotes) A remedy to counteract the effects of poison. Synonyms: mithridatic, alexipharmic, alexipharmac, alexipharmacum, alexiteric, alexitery, treacle, theriac (figurative) Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful. Synonym: remedy ==== Usage notes ==== In reference to the specific poison the antidote is protective against, used with the prepositions against or for or used with an explanatory infinitive verb. ==== Hyponyms ==== (poison remedy): antivenom, antivenin, antivenene; universal antidote, mithridate, mithridatium, mithridaticon, theriac, Venice treacle, treacle (antidotes made from animal fluids): serum, antiserum ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== antidotal antidotic antidotically ==== Descendants ==== → Malay: antidot → Indonesian: antidot ==== Translations ==== === Verb === antidote (third-person singular simple present antidotes, present participle antidoting, simple past and past participle antidoted) (transitive) To counteract as an antidote. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== theriac === References === “antidote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === tetanoid == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin antidotum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ti.dɔt/ === Noun === antidote m (plural antidotes) antidote ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: antidot → Turkish: antidot === Further reading === “antidote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === détonait dotaient == Portuguese == === Verb === antidote inflection of antidotar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative