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Definition of Paregorics
1. paregoric [n] - See also: paregoric
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paregorics
Literary usage of Paregorics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and edited by Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"They are divded into three forts, viz. i. paregorics, or fuch as ... Some hypnotics
and paregorics, as nitre, camphor, &c. procure eafe and deep by removing ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D. by Thomas Sydenham (1850)
"Infants require paregorics less than adults. They are more prone to sleep.
Still even with infants, if the symptoms were dangerous, I should be afraid to ..."
3. The Readable Dictionary: Or, Topical and Synonymic Lexicon: Containing by John Williams (1860)
"They are divided into three classes : paregorics, hypnotics, and narcotics.— Hooper.
(Gr., «, priv. ; and if un, pain. ..."
4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"paregorics, or such as assuage pain. 2. Hypnotics, or such as relieve by ...
Some hypnotics and paregorics, as nitre, camphor, &c. procure ease and sleep by ..."
5. The New and Complete American Encyclopedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts (1805)
"They are divided into three forts, viz. 1. paregorics, or fuch as ... Some hypnotics
and paregorics, as nitre, camphor, &c. procure eai'c and ..."
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