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.

Nervine - Nervous sedative.

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.