antidote

Definitions


[ˈantɪdəʊt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison
(e.g: there is no known antidote to the poison of the pufferfish)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: via Latin, from Greek antidoton, neuter of antidotos ‘given against’, from anti- ‘against’ + didonai ‘give’




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