mechanical antidote

an·ti·dote (

-d

)

1. A remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison.

2. An agent that relieves or counteracts: jogging as an antidote to nervous tension.

tr.v. an·ti·dot·ed, an·ti·dot·ing, an·ti·dotes

To relieve or counteract with an antidote: "Hallie's family life is laced with the poison of self-hatred, a poison that Sam has antidoted with love and understanding" (Christopher Swan).

[Middle English, from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton, from antididonai, antido-, to give as a remedy against : anti-, anti- + didonai, to give; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

anti·dotal (

-d

l) adj.

anti·dotal·ly adv.

Usage Note: Antidote may be followed by to, for, or against: an antidote to boredom; an antidote for snakebite; an antidote against inflation.

antidote [ˈæntɪˌdəʊt]

1. (Medicine) Med a drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison

2. anything that counteracts or relieves a harmful or unwanted condition; remedy

[from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton something given as a countermeasure, from anti- + didonai to give]

antidotal adj

antidote (

-d

)

A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison.

antidote

a remedy to counteract a harmful substance in the body.

See also: Remedies

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Noun

antidote - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

counterpoison

atropine - a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides

curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

obidoxime chloride - a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX

antidote

noun

1. remedy, cure, preventive, corrective, neutralizer, nostrum, countermeasure, antitoxin, antivenin, counteragent He noticed their sickness and prepared an antidote.

2. cure, remedy, corrective, nostrum, countermeasure Massage is a wonderful antidote to stress.

Translations

antidote [ˈæntɪdəʊt] N (Med) → antídoto m (for, to contra) (fig) → remedio m (for, to contra, para)

antidote [ˈæntidəʊt] n

(to poison) → antidote m, contrepoison m

(to unpleasant feeling or situation) → antidote m
an antidote to sth → un antidote Ã qch, un antidote contre qch
Work is a wonderful antidote to depression → Le travail est un excellent antidote Ã la dÃ©pression.
anti-fascism [ˌæntiˈfæʃɪzəm] n → mouvement m antifasciste

antidote [ˈæntɪdəʊt] n → antidoto

antidote

n antidote [ˈӕntidout]

a medicine etc which is given to prevent a poison acting on a person etc If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, you have to be given an antidote. teenmiddel مُضاد لِلسُّم، تِرْياق противоотрова protijed modgift das Gegengift αντίδοτο antídoto vastumürk پادزهر vasta-aine antidote תְרוּפַת נֶגֶד विषहर protuotrov ellenméreg penawar, penangkal racun móteitur antidoto 解毒剤 해독제 priešnuodis pretlīdzeklis antidot tegengif motgift odtrutka antídoto antidot противоядие protijed protistrup protivotrov motgift ยาแก้พิษ panzehir 解毒劑 антидот, протиотрута تریاق ، زہر اتار thuốc giải độc 解毒药

antidote → ترياق antidotum modgift Gegenmittel αντίδοτο antídoto vastamyrkky antidote proutotrov antidoto 解毒剤 해독제 tegengif motgift odtrutka antídoto противоядие motgift ยาถอนพิษ panzehir thuốc giải độc 解毒剂

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