antiloimic

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English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ loimic.

Adjective

antiloimic (not comparable)

  1. remedial against the plague

Noun

antiloimic (plural antiloimics)

  1. (medicine) A remedy against the plague.
    • 1844, Pharmaceutical Journal:
      In this view muriatic, nitric, and acetic acids are preferable antiloimics to chlorine, which acts so injuriously on the lungs.

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