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English Dictionary: paregoric by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paregoric
n
  1. medicine used to treat diarrhea [syn: paregoric, camphorated tincture of opium]
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}.
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