Definition of paregoric Paregoric
par•e•gor•ic
We found 7 definitions of paregoric from 5 different sources.
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What does paregoric mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: paregorics |
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| paregoric - medicine used to treat diarrhea | ||
| camphorated tincture of opium | ||
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- paregoric (Noun)
A painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain. - paregoric (Adjective)
Assuaging or soothing pain.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- paregoric (a.)
Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir. - paregoric (n.)
A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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paregoric
par-ē-gor′ik, adj. soothing, lessening pain.—n. a medicine that soothes pain: tincture of opium. [L.,—Gr. parēgorikos—parēgorein, to exhort.]
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🔤- paregoric, noun, singular of paregorics.
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