paregoric

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a painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain
{a} having power to assuage pain
medicine used to treat diarrhea
{i} sedative, relaxant medication
{s} calming, soothing, relaxing; quieting, silencing
Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir
A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; called also paregoric elexir
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paregoric

    Hyphenation

    par·e·gor·ic

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    Etymology

    () Late Latin paregoricus, from Greek παρηγοριχος ‘encouraging, soothing’, from παρηγορειν ‘console, soothe’.
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