Meaning & use
paregoric
A historical medicine made from opium and camphor, once used to treat pain, coughing, and diarrhea.
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Doctors in the nineteenth century often prescribed paregoric to soothe a crying infant.
The old pharmacy jar was labeled paregoric, a remedy rarely used today.
A note on using this word
'Paregoric' is sometimes misspelled 'paragoric'; the medicine is now tightly restricted or banned in most countries because it contains opium.
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