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A variant of alexipharmac +‎ -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).[1] Alexipharmac is borrowed from the following:[2]

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alexipharmic (plural alexipharmics)

  1. (pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)); an antidote.
    Synonyms: (all archaic or historical) alexipharmacal, alexipharmacon, alexipharmakon, alexipharmacum

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alexipharmic (comparative more alexipharmic, superlative most alexipharmic)

  1. (pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom)
    Synonyms: (both archaic or historical) alexipharmacal, alexipharmical

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