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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

paregoricus

, Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] addressing, encouraging, soothing;

παρά

beside + [GREEK] an assembly: cf. F.

parégorique

. See

Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain;

as,

paregoric

elixir

Noun.

(Med.)

A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; – called also

paregoric elexir

Adj.

[Gr. to mitigate.]

Mitigating; assuaging pain; as paregoric elixir.

Noun.

A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne.