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Absorbent - Neutralizing acid, or irritant substances in the stomach or bowels.
Alexipharmic - Expelling from the body various morbific principles.
Alexipyretic - Febrifuge, antipyretic.
Alterative - Promoting healthy organic transformations.
Algetic - Painful.
Alkaluretic - Tending to produce alkaline urine.
Amblotic - Ambolic, abortifacient.
Analgesic - Relieving pain.
Anaesthetic - Having the power of producing insensibility to pain.
Anaphrodisiac - (Antaphrodisiac.) Subduing sexual passions.
Anodyne - Allaying pain, sopient.
Antacid Counteractive of acidity.
Anthelmintic - Destroying or expelling worms
Antiasthenic - A remedy for debility.
Antigalactic - Opposed to the secretion of milk.
Antilithic - Tending to cure stone and gravel.
Antiparasitic - That destroys parasites.
Antiperiodic - Preventing the recurrence of periodic diseases.
Antiphlogistic - Diminishing fever and inflammation.
Antiputrescent - Antiseptic.
Antiscorbutic - Curing scurvy.
Antiscrofulic - Tending to prevent and cure scrofula.
Antiseptic - Counteracting a putrescent tendency.
Antispasmodic - Allaying spasms.
Antisquamic - Curing the skin disease called squama.
Antisyphilitic - Overcoming venereal diseases.
Antitermantative - Refrigerant.
Antitoxic - Antidoting poison.
Antivenomous - Against venomous bites.
Antizymotic - Curing diseases caused by virus operating like leaven.
Aperient - Gently laxative.
Aphrodisiac - Exciting the sexual passions.
Aromatic - An odoriferous stimulant.
Astringent - Contracting organic texture, stegnotic.
Azymic - Tendnig to prevent fermentation.
Bactericide - Germicidal.
Bacillicide - That which kills bacilli; a disinfectant.
Balsamic - Possessing the quality of balsams.
Blenostatic - Counteracting mucous discharge.
Carminative - Correcting flatulency.
Catastaltic - A remedy used to check evacuations, as an astringent, or styptic.
Cauterant - Having caustic powers.
Cathartic - Producing evacuation.
Cholagogue - Producing bilious stools.
Colorific Heat giving
Clyster - An injection into the rectum.
Coagulant - Tending to cause coagulation.
Corroborant-Strengthening or giving strength
Counterirritant - An irritant applied to one part to relieve disease in another part.
Cosmetics - Substances used to tint, whiten or make smooth the skin.
Cumulative - Tending to accumulate.
Decalvant - Having power of removing hair.
Deliriant - Having power to produce delirium.
Demulcent- Soothing.
Dentrifice - A powder, paste or liquid used with friction to remove foreign matter from the teeth.
Dedorizer - Antibromic.
Deobstrueut - Removing obstructions; deoppilant.
Deodorant - Having power to destroy odors.
Depilatory - Removing hair.
Depressant - Tending to diminish functional activity, especially of the heart.
Depurative - Removing impurities from the fluids of the body.
Derivative - Diverting from one part to another.
Desiccant - Drying up moisture from humor.
Detergent - Removing impurities; cleansing; exipotic.
Diaphoretic - Producing slight perspiration.
Diapyetic - Promoting suppuration.
Diluent - A drink which simply dilutes the various liquids of the body.
Dipsetic - Causing thirst.
Discutient - Dispersing, or repelling morbid swellings.
Diuretic - Increasing the secretion of urine.
Disinfectant - Destroying the cause of infection.
Dissolvent - Having the power to dissolve.
Drastic - Powerful, applied to purgative medicines.
Ecbolic - Inducing abortion, oxytocic.
Ectrotic - Tending to cut short; abortifacient.
Ectylotic - Tending to produce calosity; mildly caustic.
Emetic - Causing vomiting.
Emollient - Softening, soothing.
Emmenagogue - Promoting menstruation.
Emundant - Cleansing; a cleansing lotion.
Enema - A medicine injected into the rectum.
Entonic - Strained, intense, acting strongly.
Epipastic - Irritating, blistering.
Epizoicide - A drug which destroys epizoa.
Epulotic - Promoting cicatrization; synulotic.
Errhine - Exciting nasal discharges.
Escharotic - Searing or destroying flesh.
Eutrophic - Contributing to or causing healthy nutrition.
Evacuant - Producing a discharge from a particular organ.
Exhilarant - An agent that exhilarates or enlivens.
Exsiccative - Drying.
Expectorant - Promoting mucous discharges from the air passages.
Febrifuge - Allaying fever.
Foeticide - The killing of the foetus.
Galactophora - Promoting secretion of milk; galactagogue; galactopoetic.
Galactophyga - Preventing or checking the secretion of milk.
Germicide - Destructive to germs. Glyster - An injection to the rectum.
Haematinic - An agent that augments the number of corpuscles of the blood
Haemostatic - Arresting the flow of blood.
Helminthagogue - Vermifuge.
Hepatic - Promoting the healthful action of the liver.
Herpetic - Curing diseases of the skin
Hydropoitetic - Sweat producing.
Hydragogue - Producing watery stools.
Hyperorexic - Stimulating the appetite.
Hypnotic - Inducing sleep or stupor, dormitive.
Insecticide - A substance that destroys insects.
Irritant- Exciting soreness and inflammation.
Laxative -Producing gentle action of the bowels; eccoprotic.
Lenitive - Assuaging, palliating.
Lithagogue - Having power to expel calculi.
Lithontriptic - Counteracting formation of cal culi.
Methystic - Intoxicating.
Microbicide - Destructive to microbes, germicide.
Mydriatic - Dilating the pupil of the eye.
Myostic Causing contraction of the pupil.
Narcotic - Inducing sleep or stupor, stupefaction.
Neurotic - Remedy, drug or poison, especially affecting the nervous system.
Nutritive - Nourishing.
Oxytoxic - Increasing uterine action.
Parasiticide - Having the power to kill parasites.
Parturient - Exciting parturition.
Pectoral - Relieving diseases of the lungs.
Phlogogenic - Producing inflammation, phlogotic.
Prophylactic - Preventing disease.
Pustulent - An irritant giving rise to pustules.
Pyrogenic - Heat producing; term applied to substances which will cause increased bodily temperature when introduced into the circulation.
Pyrotic - Caustic burning.
Refrigerant - Cooling, mitigating heat.
Resolvent - Allaying inflammation, and dispersing morbid swelling; diachytic.
Restorative - Bringing back the natural functions.
Revulsive - Acting by producing irritation in one part to divert diseased action from another.
Rubefacient - Exciting superficial irritation.
Salivant - Producing salivation.
Secernent - Secreting.
Sedative -Diminishing vital actions.
Sialagogue - Stimulating the secretions of saliva; ptyalogogue.
Soporific - Inducing sleep.
Spasmotic - Producing involuntary muscular contraction.
Spinant - Acting upon the spinal marrow.
Sternutatory - Exciting or increasing vital action.
Stomachic - Inducing a healthful action of the stomach.
Styptic - Arresting hemorrhage.
Sudorific - Causing sweating.
Suppurant - Producing suppuration.
Taenifuge or Taenicide - A destroyer of tapeworm.
Tetanic - Drug producing the phenomena of tetatus.
Tonic - Producing a permanent increase in the tone of the system.
Toxic - Poisonous.
Uropoietic - Producing urine.
Vermifuge - Destroying or expelling worms.
Vesicant - Producing blisters.
Vulnerary - Favoring the healing of wounds.
 
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