Definitions

paregoric

[par-i-gawr-ik, -gor-] / ˌpær ɪˈgɔr ɪk, -ˈgɒr- /

ADJECTIVE

medical

Synonyms

STRONGEST

medicinal therapeutic

STRONG

cathartic corrective curative healing preventive prophylactic restorative tonic

WEAK

anodyne medicative pharmaceutical salutary therapeutical

Antonyms

STRONG

harmful injurious

Example Sentences

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John took a bite, and Sue took a chew, And then the trouble began to brew,— Trouble the doctor couldn't subdue,— Paregoric too.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn