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Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.

A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. Brande & C.

Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.

ffliction or the bitterness of adversity. It would allay the burning quality of that fell poison. Shak.

lmond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds. -- Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde. -- Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene. -- Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond. -- Almond willow (Bot.)…

A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup.…

The poisonous principle of some fungi.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.

A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.

A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.

A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts.

Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.

an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.

Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.

gold, the "royal" metal. -- Aqua Tofana, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons. Francis. -- Aqua vitæ Etym: [L., water of life. Cf. Eau de vie, Usquebaugh], a name given to…

ntries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.

of which is the true arsenticum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight. Symbol As.