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Nepenthe   Listen
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Nepenthe  n.  A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting. "Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court." "Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe."






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... prophylactic, corrective, restorative; sedative &c. 174; palliative; febrifuge; alterant[obs3], alterative; specific; antiseptic, emetic, analgesic, pain-killer, antitussive[Med], antiinflammatory[Med], antibiotic, antiviral[Med], antifungal[Med], carminative; Nepenthe, Mithridate. cure, treatment, regimen; radical cure, perfect cure, certain cure; sovereign remedy. examination, diagnosis, diagnostics; analysis, urinalysis, biopsy, radiology. medicine, physic, Galenicals[obs3], ...
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