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an·ti·dys·en·ter·ic (an″te-) (an″ti-dis″ən-terґik) 1. preventing, alleviating, or curing dysentery. 2. an agent that prevents, alleviates, or cures dysentery.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Antidysenteric — An ti*dys en*ter ic, a. (Med.) Good against dysentery. n. A medicine for dysentery. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
antidysenteric — … Useful english dictionary
ipecacuanha — The dried root of Uragoga (Cephaelis) i. (family Rubiaceae), a shrub of Brazil and other parts of South America; contains emetine, cephaeline, emetamine, ipecacuanhic acid, psychotrine, and methylpsychotrine; has expectorant, emetic, and… … Medical dictionary
Gracilaria — Grac·i·la·ria (gras″ĭ larґe ə) a genus of seaweeds. G. lichenoiґdes (L.) Harv. is Ceylon moss, used as food, as a source of agar, and in China as an antidysenteric … Medical dictionary
Brownea — spp. Ariza (C); Palo de cruz (P); Palo rosak (C); Rosa de monte (P). The trees are considered antidysenteric … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
Casuarina Equisetifolia — L. Australian pine (E); Beefwood (E); Pino (S); Pino de Australia (C) . Potable water may be obtained from the shoots. Its logs will sink, but it is very good firewood which burns green and makes good charcoal. The fruit is mixed with powdered… … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
Celosia Argentea — L. Cockscomb (E); Abanico (P); Dedos de plata (C) . Young shoots serve as a pother b. the seeds are considered antidiarrhetic, antidysenteric, and aphrodisiac … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
Cocos nucifera — L. Coconut (E); Ogop (Cu); Palma de coco (Ch,S); Coco (S); Cocotero (S) . No palm is more useful and better known than the coconut, the money crop in San Blas, where it serves as well as a nickel in fiscal transactions. An acre of coconut… … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
Elephantopus — spp. Lengua de vaca (P). The leaves are regarded as antidysenteric, stimulant, and tonic … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
Haematoxylon Campechianum — L. Logwood (E) . The heartwood of this good honey plant, used to treat cancer, is antidiarrhetic and antidysenteric … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
