antidote
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antidote
a remedy for counteracting a poison or disease: She was given an antidote immediately.
Not to be confused with:
anecdote – a brief story relating an interesting or amusing event: His anecdote was very funny.
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an·ti·dote
(ăn′tĭ-dōt′)n.
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 dō- in Indo-European roots.]
an′ti·dot′al (ăn′tĭ-dōt′l) adj.
an′ti·dot′al·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.
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antidote
(ˈæntɪˌdəʊt)n
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
[C15: from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton something given as a countermeasure, from anti- + didonai to give]
ˌantiˈdotal adj
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an•ti•dote
(ˈæn tɪˌdoʊt)n., v. -dot•ed, -dot•ing. n.
1. a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
2. something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects: an antidote to crime.
v.t. 3. to counteract with an antidote.
[1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin antidotum < Greek antídoton something given against =anti- anti- + dotón neuter of dotós given, v. adj. of didónai to give (c. datum)]
an`ti•dot′al, adj.
an`ti•dot′al•ly, adv.
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an·ti·dote
(ăn′tĭ-dōt′)1. A substance that counteracts the effects of poison.
2. Something that relieves or counteracts something: Baking soda is often used as an antidote to indigestion.
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antidote
a remedy to counteract a harmful substance in the body.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 obidoxime chloride - a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX |
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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.
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antidote
nounSomething that corrects or counteracts:
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Translations
تِرْيَاقمُضاد لِلسُّم، تِرْياق
protijedprotilátka
modgift
پادزهر
vastamyrkky
proutotrov
ellenméregellenszer
móteitur
解毒剤
해독제
priešnuodis
pretlīdzeklis
protijed
motgift
ยาถอนพิษ
thuốc giải độc
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antidote
(ˈӕntidout) noun 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.
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antidote
→ تِرْيَاق protijed 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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
an·ti·dote
n. antídoto, contraveneno; agente que combate los effectos de un veneno.
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antidote
n antídotoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.