deoppilative
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From de- + oppilative.
Noun
[edit]deoppilative (plural deoppilatives)
- (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.