Alexipharmical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alexipharmic \A*lex`i*phar"mic\
     ([.a]*l[e^]ks`[i^]*f[aum]r"m[i^]k), Alexipharmical
  \A*lex`i*phar"mic*al\ ([.a]*l[e^]ks`[i^]*f[aum]r"m[i^]k*al), a.
     [Gr. 'alexifa`rmakos keeping off poison; 'alexein to keep off
     + fa`rmakon drug, poison: cf. F. alexipharmaque.] (Med.)
     Of or relating to an alexipharmic or alexipharmac; warding


     off poison; antidotal; prophylactic. [obsolescent]
     [1913 Webster + AS] Alexipharmac