Antiperiodic

[æntipiәri'ɔdik]

Definition

(n.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.

Edited by Davy

Definition

adj. destroying the periodicity of diseases such as ague whose attacks recur at regular intervals: a drug with such an effect esp. cinchona bark and its alkaloids (quinine) and arsenic.

Edited by Glenn