alexipharmic

Variant of alexipharmac

alexipharmac definition

alexi·phar·mac (ə lek′si fär′mək)

noun

an antidote
also alexipharmic alex′i·phar′·mic (-mik)

Etymology: Gr alexipharmakos < alexein, to avert + pharmakon, a drug, poison

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