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alexipharmaque

/a.lɛk.si.faʁ.mak/

adjective/a.lɛk.si.faʁ.mak/

capable of counteracting a poison; antidotal, alexipharmic

Synonyms: alexitère

Learned borrowing from Latin alexipharmacon (“antidote for a poison”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos, “antidote”).

noun, masculine/a.lɛk.si.faʁ.mak/plural: alexipharmaques

a substance capable of reverting the affects of a poison; antidote

Learned borrowing from Latin alexipharmacon (“antidote for a poison”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos, “antidote”).