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antipestilential

adj

Etymology

From anti- + pestilential.

  1. derived from pestilentialis
  2. prefixed as antipestilential — “anti + pestilential”

Definitions

  1. Preventing or acting as a remedy against bubonic plague or other infectious diseases.

    • Antipestilential Pills.

  2. A preventative or remedy against bubonic plague or other infectious diseases.

    • The electuary, which was formerly in high repute as an antipestilential, has been replaced, in English pharmacy, by the Electuarium catechu.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA