Paregoric

4 definitions found

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

  Paregoric \Par`e*gor"ic\, a. [L. paregoricus, Gr. ?, from ?
     addressing, encouraging, soothing; para` beside + ? an
     assembly: cf. F. par['e]gorique. See {Allegory}.]
     Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Paregoric \Par`e*gor"ic\, n. (Med.)
     A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically,
     camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also {paregoric
     elexir}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paregoric
       n : medicine used to treat diarrhea [syn: {camphorated tincture
           of opium}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "paregoric":
     Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill,
     M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill,
     Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic,
     anodyne, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, black stuff, blue,
     blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, calmative,
     chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, depressant,
     depressor, dolly, downer, goofball, hard stuff, heroin, hop, horse,
     hypnotic, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus,
     meperidine, methadone, morphia, morphine, narcotic, opiate, opium,
     pacifier, pain killer, pen yan, phenobarbital,
     phenobarbital sodium, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, scag,
     secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-inducer, sleeper,
     sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, sodium thiopental,
     somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, tar,
     tranquilizer, turps, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket