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Definitions for Paregoric
[1] a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
[2] any soothing medicine; anodyne.
[3] Archaic . assuaging pain; soothing.
[4] a medicine containing opium, benzoic acid, camphor (English paregoric) or ammonia (Scottish paregoric), and anise oil, formerly widely used to relieve diarrhoea and coughing in children
Words nearby Paregoric
pardubice, pardy, pare, parecious, paregmenon, paregoric, pareidolia, pareira, pareira brava, paren., parenchyma
Origin of Paregoric
1675–85; < Late Latin parēgoricus < Greek parēgorikós soothing, equivalent to parḗgor(os ) pertaining to consolatory speech (equivalent to par- par- + -ēgor-, combining form of agorā́ agora1 + -os adj. suffix) + -ikos -ic
Word origin for Paregoric
C17 (meaning: relieving pain): via Late Latin from Greek parēgorikos soothing, from parēgoros relating to soothing speech, from para- 1 (beside, alongside of) + -ēgor-, from agoreuein to speak in assembly, from agora assembly