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paregoric
[ par-i-gawr-ik, -gor- ]
noun
Pharmacology.
- a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- any soothing medicine; anodyne.
adjective
- Archaic. assuaging pain; soothing.
paregoric
/ ˌæəˈɡɒɪ /
noun
- a medicine containing opium, benzoic acid, camphor (English paregoric) or ammonia (Scottish paregoric), and anise oil, formerly widely used to relieve diarrhoea and coughing in children
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of paregoric1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of paregoric1
C17 (meaning: relieving pain): via Late Latin from Greek 貹ŧǰDz soothing, from 貹ŧǰDz relating to soothing speech, from para- 1(beside, alongside of) + -ŧǰ-, from agoreuein to speak in assembly, from agora assembly
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In the end, it was as much Caroline’s charm as the paregoric that worked.
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Mom said after the paregoric, Poppy never read another book.
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“Only that big? It felt like a house. Look, dear,” said Faye, “open that second drawer where my medicine is. Bring the paregoric and a piece of cotton. Will you help me pack this tooth?”
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Sometimes she carried them herself in a basket, and she always gave them a few drops of paregoric so they would keep quiet.
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At 10, she would scrape opium-based paregoric powder from old medicine bottles.
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