Meanings
adjectiveantineuralgic (comparative more antineuralgic, superlative most antineuralgic)
comparative more antineuralgic · superlative most antineuralgic
- medicineCounteracting neuralgia.
The therapeutic action of alphol is said to be similar to that of salol. Pancreatic and the intestinal juices decompose alphol into salicylic acid and alpha-naphthol. The new remedy is recommended as antiseptic, antineuralgic, and antirheumatic.
1897, David Cerna, Notes on the Newer Remedies, page 178
nounantineuralgic (plural antineuralgics)
plural antineuralgics
- medicineAny agent that counteracts neuralgia.
Origin
Translations
Portuguese antinevrálgico, antineurálgico
- antinevrálgicocounteracting neuralgia
- antineurálgicocounteracting neuralgia
- antinevrálgicoany agent that counteracts neuralgia
- antineurálgicoany agent that counteracts neuralgia
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