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noun
- a painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain
- 1922: Chloroform. Overdose of laudanum. Sleeping draughts. Lovephiltres. Paragoric poppysyrup bad for cough. Clogs the pores or the phlegm. " James Joyce, Ulysses
- 2004: My local doctor promises to accompany me ashore, spare no expense to obtain powerful paregorics & remain at my bedside until my recovery is compleat, even if Prophetess must leave for California without us. " David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
Etymology: Late Latin paregoricus, from Greek "encouraging, soothing", from "console, soothe".
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