deoppilative
English edit
Etymology edit
de- + oppilative
Noun edit
deoppilative (plural deoppilatives)
- (medicine, dated) Any medicine that dissolves obstructions.
- 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
- prescribed him a Deoppilative and Purgative Apozem, not questioning his Cure
References edit
“deoppilative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.