01 a. Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.
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Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.
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Webster, 1913
Paregoric
· Par·e·gor·ic
· IPA /pɛɹɪˈɡɔɹɪk/
02 n. A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.
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A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.(Med.) Also: paregoric elexir