alexipharmacum

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noun

Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.

OriginLatin alexipharmacum ← Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακον →
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Meanings

nounalexipharmacum (plural alexipharmaca)

plural alexipharmaca

  1. obsoleteSomething which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.

    he calls steel the proper alexipharmacum of this malady, and much magnifies it […].

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 3, subsection i

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
alexipharmacalexipharmicantidote

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀλεξιφάρμακον
  2. Latinalexipharmacum
  3. Englishalexipharmacum

From Latin alexipharmacum, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακον (alexiphármakon).

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APA

alexipharmacum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alexipharmacum

MLA

“alexipharmacum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alexipharmacum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alexipharmacum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alexipharmacum.

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