deoppilative

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ oppilative

Noun[edit]

deoppilative (plural deoppilatives)

  1. (medicine, dated) Any medicine that dissolves obstructions.
    • 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
      prescribed him a Deoppilative and Purgative Apozem, not questioning his Cure

References[edit]

“deoppilative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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