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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Resisting external poison; obviating the effects of venom.
  2. n. An antidote to poison or infection, especially an external application.

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  1. n. medicine A preservative against infectious diseases.
  2. n. A preservative against the effects of poison.
  3. adj. Resisting poison, or the effects of venom

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Med.) Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
  2. n. (Med.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.

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  • “I think they call alexiteric water, and which is said to be very beneficial in cases of the distemper; and she was able to crawl upstairs after a while to her bed once more, where I put her.”

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