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Definition of Cantharis
1. n. A beetle (Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.
Definition of Cantharis
1. Noun. (singular of cantharides) ¹
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Definition of Cantharis
1. [n -THARIDES]
Medical Definition of Cantharis
1. A dried beetle, Lytta (Cantharis) vesicatoria, used as a counterirritant and vesicant. Synonym: Russian fly, Spanish fly. Origin: L., fr. G. Kantharis, a beetle (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantharis
Literary usage of Cantharis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Clinical materia medica by Ernest Albert Farrington (1897)
"cantharis. THE remedy which I propose to bring before you for study to-day is
cantharis, the so-called Spanish fly. It is my purpose to speak of the more ..."
2. Transactions by Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York (1878)
"X. cantharis. By J. NOTTINGHAM, MD, Syracuse. I think that to Cantharides has
been given a more limited range of action, than to any other of the animal ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1862)
"ON cantharis. BY FRANKLIN C. HILL. Several species of cantharis found in the
United States, as C. vittata, C. atrata and C. cinerea are known to be at least ..."
4. Synopsis of the course of lectures on materia medica and pharmacy: Delivered by Joseph Carson (1855)
"Use as a stimulating liniment, to moisten blisters, and to prepare the skin for
their application. cantharis VITTATA, US Potato Flies. cantharis Vittata. ..."
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