antihysteric

antihysteric

English

Noun

antihysteric (plural antihysterics)

1. (pharmacology) Any substance that counters hysterics.
   • 1778, William Lewis, The new dispensatory, page 393:

     This composition, designed as an antihysteric, is liable to considerable objections, not only in regard to its particular ingredients, but to the medicinal intention of the whole.

Translations

any substance that counters hysterics

Portuguese: anti-histérico m

Adjective

antihysteric (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology) Countering hysterics.

Translations

countering hysterics

Portuguese: anti-histérico

Anagrams

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