thériaque — meaning in English

English meaning

• antidote noun A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison.

Senses

thériaque is used for these senses in English:

• antidote A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.
• theriac (pharmacology, historical) A universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate.

antidote — full definition

1. noun A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison.
2. noun Anything that counteracts or relieves something unpleasant or harmful.

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