antidiarrhœic

See also: antidiarrhoeic

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăn'tĭdīərhēʹĭk, IPA^(key): /ˌæntɪdaɪəˈɹiːɪk/

Noun

antidiarrhœic (plural antidiarrhœics)

1. Obsolete spelling of antidiarrheic
   • 1868, Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon, page 157:

     CAA-APʹIA, Dorsteʹnia Brazilienʹsis seu cordifoʹlia seu placentoïʹdes seu vitelʹla. Order, Urticeæ. The root, according to Piso, is employed as emetic and antidiarrhœic.

Adjective

antidiarrhœic (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of antidiarrheic
   • 1878: Henri Baillon (author) and Marcus Manuel Hartog (translator), The Natural History of Plants (L. Reeve & co.), volume 5, page 305

     The embryo is astringent and antidiarrhœic, like the bark and root.