paregoric - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'paregoric' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Paregoric

[ a.]

- Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.

2 . Paregoric

[ n.]

- A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.

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