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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

(Med.)

Good against spasms.

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Noun.

A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.

Adj.

[Gr. against, and from to draw.]

Opposing spasm; resisting convulsions; as anodynes.

Noun.

A remedy for spasm or convulsions, as opium, balsam of Peru, and the essential oils of vegetables.