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Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic. By medicine, life may be prolonged. Shak.

e against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor. [Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so effectual against the infection of vice. Southey.…

an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. -- Mud boat, a large flatboat used in deredging. -- Mud cat. See Catfish. -- Mud crab (Zoöl.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus Panopeus. -- Mud dab (Zoöl.), the winter flounder. See Fl…

A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. See Jade.

f the fiber. -- Nerve stretching (Med.), the operation of stretching a nerve in order to remedy diseases such as tetanus, which are supposed to be influenced by the condition of the nerve or its connections.

within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a nutshell." Macaulay.

The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.

A remedy for the toothache.

an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used with at. "Without offering at any other remedy." Swift. He would be offering at the shepherd's voice. L'Estrange. I will not offer at that I can not master. Bacon.

The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc.

A remedy for otalgia.

A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.

crispa). -- Parsley piert (Bot.), a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis) formerly used as a remedy for calculus.

Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.

itter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their compounds; -- called also Jesuit's bark, and cinchona. See Cinchona.

trument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.

.), the butterbur coltsfoot (Petasites vulgaris), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. Dr. Prior.

A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.

on ethylene bromide, by reduction of pyrazine, etc. It is a strong base, and is used as a remedy for gout.

One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant.