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Same as Antasthmatic.

Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.

A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short.

Inimical to bacteria; -- applied esp. to serum for protection against bacterial diseases.

Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains variousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also results in the development of their specific antibodies.…

Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.

That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.

Good or used against bubonic plague; as, antibubonic serum, obtained from immunized horses; antibubonic vaccine, a sterilized bouillon culture of the plague bacillus; antibubonic measures.

One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.

Old; antique. (Zoöl.)

An antimask. B. Jonson.

An anticatarrhal remedy.

The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.

Same as Anticausotic.

Good against an inflammatory fever. -- n.

See Antechamber.

Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.

A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.