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, translated by Marcus Manuel Hartog, The Natural History of Plants, volume 5, L. Reeve & co., page 305:

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