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Definition of Antidotal
1. Adjective. Counteracting the effects of a poison.
Definition of Antidotal
1. a. Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.
Definition of Antidotal
1. Adjective. Relating to an antidote. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antidotal
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Antidotal
1. Relating to or acting as an antidote. Synonym: alexipharmac. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antidotal
Literary usage of Antidotal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essentials of the principles and practice of medicine by Henry Hartshorne (1881)
"... remedies may be classified thus:— antidotal treatment is a topic of great
interest. Its idea is probably the oldest in medicine. ..."
2. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1862)
"In all such cases, therefore, the special treatment may be considered antidotal ;
since, as in the cases where we merely attempt to neutralize a poison ..."
3. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1860)
"Strychnine and Nicotine ax mutually antidotal. By the Rev. ... and nicotine might
be mutually antidotal, the author was led to make the following ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1878)
"The antidotal Treatment of Disease. By JOHN PARKIN, MD; FRCP, Edin. Part I. Pp.
307. London: Hardwicke & Bogue. 1878. DR. PARKIN is a bold theorist, ..."
5. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1867)
"THE MUTUALLY antidotal PROPERTIES OF OPIUM AND BELLADONNA. By Dr. HENRY S.
DOWNS, of New York. This is the subject of a paper by Dr. Downs, published in the ..."
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