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Webster 1913 Edition
Antiperiodic
Anˊti-peˊri-od′ic
(ănˊtĭ-pēˊrĭ-ŏd′ĭk)
, Noun.
(Med.)
A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
Definition 2024
antiperiodic
antiperiodic
English
Adjective
antiperiodic (not comparable)
- (medicine) preventing the regular recurrence of symptoms
- (mathematics) Exhibiting antiperiodicity.
Translations
preventing the regular recurrence of symptoms
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Noun
antiperiodic (plural antiperiodics)
Translations
a drug that prevents the regular recurrence of symptoms
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