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Physician :: Physician (n.) A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine..

Drop :: Drop (n.) Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops..

Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine..

Adiaphorous :: Adiaphorous (a.) Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines..

Mild :: Mild (superl.) Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity..

Panpharmacon :: Panpharmacon (n.) A medicine for all diseases; a panacea.

Pharmaceutics :: Pharmaceutics (n.) The science of preparing medicines.

Sarcotic :: Sarcotic (n.) A sarcotic medicine.

Helleborism :: Helleborism (n.) The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.

Vermicide :: Vermicide (n.) A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.

Sanguinaria :: Sanguinaria (n.) The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc..

Polypharmacy :: Polypharmacy (n.) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines.

Galvanocaustic :: Galvanocaustic (a.) Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine..

Emplastic :: Emplastic (n.) A medicine causing constipation.

Saltpetre :: Saltpetre (n.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant..

Medicinal :: Medicinal (a.) Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.

Jalap :: "Jalap (n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa..

Sarsaparilla :: Sarsaparilla (n.) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc..

Attenuant :: Attenuant (n.) A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.

Saline :: Saline (n.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine..

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