[the orig. Gr. ἀλεξιφάρμακον, and its L. ad. alexipharmacum, used as Eng.] = ALEXIPHARMIC.
1605. Timme, Quersit., II. vii. 134. This is the summe of all alexipharmacons.
1657. Phys. Dict., Alexipharmaca, medicines to resist the plague, and poyson.
1744. Berkeley, Tar Water in Plague. Tar water … is a great alexipharmacum and cordial.
