Anticness
(An"tic*ness), n. The quality of being antic. Ford.
Anticonstitutional
(An`ti*con`sti*tu"tion*al) a. Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.
Anticontagious
(An`ti*con*ta"gious) a. (Med.) Opposing or destroying contagion.
Anticonvulsive
(An`ti*con*vul"sive) a. (Med.) Good against convulsions. J. Floyer.
Anticor
(An"ti*cor) n. [Pref. anti- + L. cor heart; cf. F. anticur.] (Far.) A dangerous inflammatory
swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.
Anticous
(An*ti"cous) a. [L. anticus in front, foremost, fr. ante before.] (Bot.) Facing toward the axis
of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.
Anticyclone
(An"ti*cy`clone) n. (Meteorol.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as
regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. — An`ti*cy*clon"ic
a. — An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly adv.
Antidotal
(An"ti*do`tal) (an"ti*do`tal) a. Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of
poison. Sir T. Browne. — An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.
Antidotary
(An"ti*do`ta*ry) a. Antidotal. — n. An antidote; also, a book of antidotes.
Antidote
(An"ti*dote) n. [L. antidotum, Gr. 'anti`doton (sc. fa`rmakon), fr. 'anti`dotos given against;
'anti` against + dido`nai to give: cf. F. antidote. See Dose, n.]
1. 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.
2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.
Antidote
(An"ti*dote), v. t.
1. To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote.
Nor could Alexander himself . . . antidote . . . the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his
veins.
South.
2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote.
Antidotical
(An`ti*dot"ic*al) a. Serving as an antidote. — An`ti*dot"ic*al*ly, adv.
Antidromous
(An*tid"ro*mous) a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. dro`mos a running.] (Bot.) Changing the direction
in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
Antidysenteric
(An`ti*dys`en*ter"ic) a. (Med.) Good against dysentery. — n. A medicine for dysentery.
Antiemetic
(An`ti*e*met"ic) a. n. (Med.) Same as Antemetic.
Antiephialtic
(An`ti*eph`i*al"tic) a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antephialtic.
Antiepileptic
(An`ti*ep`i*lep"tic) a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antepileptic.
Antifebrile
(An`ti*fe"brile) a. & n. (Med.) Febrifuge.
Antifebrine
(An`ti*feb"rine) n. (Med.) Acetanilide.
