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Vermifuge :: Vermifuge (n.) A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.

Purger :: Purger (n.) One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine..

Calamus :: Calamus (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors..

Synthesis :: Synthesis (n.) Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines..

Ginger :: Ginger (n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine..

Exsiccant :: Exsiccant (n.) An exsiccant medicine.

Iatrical :: Iatrical (a.) Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men..

Magnesia :: Magnesia (n.) A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium..

Medics :: Medics (n.) Science of medicine.

Aesculapius :: Aesculapius (n.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician..

Savine :: Savine (n.) A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc..

Mistura :: Mistura (n.) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops..

Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines..

Cubeb :: Cubeb (n.) The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative..

Tabasheer :: Tabasheer (n.) A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases..

Eclegm :: Eclegm (n.) A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups.

Ball :: Ball (n.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus..

Ecballium :: Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared..

Practice :: Practice (n.) Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice..

Vasoconstrictor :: Vasoconstrictor (n.) A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.

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