Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Preventing regular recurrence of the symptoms of a disease, as in malaria.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine, curative of diseases exhibiting periodicity, especially of intermittent fever.
- noun In medicine, a remedy for periodic diseases, especially for intermittent fever.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine preventing the
regular recurrence ofsymptoms - adjective mathematics Exhibiting
antiperiodicity . - noun medicine A
drug that prevents the regular recurrence of symptoms.
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Examples
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There never yet has been a substitute found for cinchona bark and its salts, as an antiperiodic and tonic.
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It is astringent, anthelmintic and antiperiodic, highly useful in chronic diarrhoea and dysentery, not only for its astringent effects but for its tonic and restorative action.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Horsfield states that the Javanese use it as a tonic and antiperiodic.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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The trunk bark possesses antiperiodic properties first described by Descourtilz and confirmed later by
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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The antiperiodic properties are comparable with those of quinine and have even proved effective in some cases in which quinine failed.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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It is used as a tonic and antiperiodic in intermittent fevers and in general where tonic treatment is indicated.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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This is tonic, diaphoretic, aperient, and possesses some antiperiodic properties; the warm infusion is emetic.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Quinine, among other properties has a tonic which suggests its use in cases of debility; an antiperiodic, which renders it efficient in ague; and an anti-febrile property, which renders it efficacious in cases of fever.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Ferrocyanide of Iron is an excellent tonic and antiperiodic remedy, and often is combined with quinine.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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-- Thoroughwort, drank hot during the cold stage of fever, and cold as a tonic and antiperiodic, is thought by many physicians to be even superior to the Dogwood, Willow, or Poplar, as a substitute for quinine.
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