English Dictionary: paregoric | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paregoric \Par`e*gor"ic\, a. [L. paregoricus, Gr. [?], from [?] addressing, encouraging, soothing; [?] beside + [?] an assembly: cf. F. par[82]gorique. See {Allegory}.] Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paregoric \Par`e*gor"ic\, n. (Med.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also {paregoric elexir}. |