adj
(medicine) Relieving weariness; restorative.
n
(medicine) vomiting or expectoration
n
(medicine) The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.
adj
Having a gentle laxative effect.
adj
(medicine) Tending to open the bowels; aperient
adj
(medicine) Causing the body to open; dissolving blockages or having a purgative or diuretic effect.
adj
(medicine) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.
v
(intransitive) To commit autoasphyxiation.
n
Alternative form of bloodletting. [(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.]
n
(by extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.
adj
Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
n
Any medicine that removes obstructions; an aperient.
adj
Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
n
(pharmacology) A product or agent which induces or promotes perspiration.
n
(medicine) The condition of having a normal body temperature.
n
(medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
adj
Alternative form of expectorant [(medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm.]
n
Alternative form of hydragogue [Any medicine of this kind, usually a cathartic or diuretic.]
adj
Having the quality of relieving ischury.
n
(archaic) Prevention of a disease from progressing.
adj
Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
adj
Laxative; easing the bowels.
adj
(medicine, archaic) Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin.
n
(pharmacology) A drug that numbs the pain in the body.
adj
Relating to a substance that causes sneezing.
n
(medicine, colloquial) Respirology or respiratory medicine.
adj
(rare) Tending to produce relaxation (as of the bowels); having laxative properties.
adj
(medicine, dated) Serving to diminish the amount of blood in the body.
n
Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator
n
(medicine) The administration of a single very large dose of vitamin D to treat rickets.
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