theriac
/theer-ee-ak/US // ˈθɪər iˌæk //UK // (ˈθɪərɪæk) //
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : molasses; treacle.
- : a paste formerly used as an antidote to poison, especially snake venom, made from 60 or 70 different drugs pulverized and mixed with honey.
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Then there is a commentary on the "Cantica of Avicenna," and a tractate on the "Theriac."
But we lawyers boil our theriac even nowadays and regard the most important study, the study of reality, with arrogance.
There he found that the most called for remedy was a theriac.
He is partial to long controversies, calmuniates priest and theriac.
Being, however, provided with theriac and other antidotes against the poison, Alvaro and all his men recovered from their wounds.
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