antiloimic

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ loimic.

Adjective

antiloimic (not comparable)

1. remedial against the plague

Noun

antiloimic (plural antiloimics)

1. (medicine) A remedy against the plague.
   • 1844, Pharmaceutical Journal:

     In this view muriatic, nitric, and acetic acids are preferable antiloimics to chlorine, which acts so injuriously on the lungs.

References

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