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theriac

/theer-ee-ak/US // ˈθɪər iˌæk //UK // (ˈθɪərɪæk) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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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Examples

  • 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.