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Meaning of "paregoric" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PAREGORIC

(Meaning: relieving pain): via Late Latin from Greek parēgorikos soothing, from parēgoros relating to soothing speech, from para-1 (beside, alongside of) + -ēgor-, from agoreuein to speak in assembly, from agora assembly.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PAREGORIC

ˌpærəˈɡɒrɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAREGORIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paregoric is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAREGORIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Paregoric

Paregoric, or camphorated tincture of opium, also known as tinctura opii camphorata, is a medication known for its antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic properties.

Definition of paregoric in the English dictionary

The definition of paregoric in the dictionary is a medicine containing opium, benzoic acid, camphor or ammonia, and anise oil, formerly widely used to relieve diarrhoea and coughing in children.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAREGORIC

allegoric · amphigoric · amphoric · caloric · categoric · Doric · dysphoric · euphoric · historic · hydrochloric · hydrofluoric · metaphoric · meteoric · motoric · phantasmagoric · phosphoric · prehistoric · pyrophoric · toric · Warwick

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAREGORIC

pare · parecious · pared-down · pareidolia · pareira · paren. · parenchyma · parenchymal · parenchymatous · parenesis · parent · parent body · parent company · parent group · parent metal · parent teacher association · parent tree · parent-teacher meeting · parentage · parental

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAREGORIC

anaphoric · boric · camphoric · chloric · choric · chromophoric · diasporic · fluoric · folkloric · isocaloric · isochoric · past historic · plethoric · protohistoric · pyloric · rhetoric · sophomoric · sporophoric · Theodoric · theoric

Synonyms and antonyms of paregoric in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paregoric» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PAREGORIC

Find out the translation of paregoric to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of paregoric from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paregoric» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

镇痛剂
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

paregórico
570 millions of speakers
en

English

paregoric
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

paregoric
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صبغة الأفيون الكافورية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

болеутоляющее
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

paregórico
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বেদনাহর
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

paregoric
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Paregoric
190 millions of speakers
de

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paregoric
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

パレゴリック
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

paregoric
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Paregoric
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm bớt đau
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அபினி கலந்த வேதனையைத் தணிக்கும் மருந்து
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पेरेगोरिक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

paregorik
70 millions of speakers
it

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paregorico
65 millions of speakers
pl

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paregoric
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

болезаспокійливе
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

analgezic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

paregoric
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pijnstillend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

SMÄRTSTILLANDE MEDEL
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paregoric
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paregoric

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAREGORIC»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAREGORIC»

Discover the use of paregoric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paregoric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Comprehensive Neonatal Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Paregoric Paregoric, a product that contains anhydrous morphine (0.4 mg/ml), was one of the first drugs used to treat NAS. Infants treated with paregoric had improved sucking patterns resulting in increased nutrient consumption and better  ...
Carole Kenner, Judy Wright Lott, 2007
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The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance ...
Recent concerns, however, have been raised about the safety of other ingredients found in paregoric, despite its record of efficacy and safety (American Academy of Pediatrics 1998). The Committee on Drugs of the American Academy of ...
Marc Galanter, Herbert D. Kleber, 2008
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The Substance Abuse Handbook
Paregoric-treated infants tend to suck more vigorously than infants treated with sedatives such as phenobarbital and are even superior to those who received no therapy at all. Diazepam-treated infants show depressed feeding behavior.
Pedro Ruiz, Eric C. Strain, John Langrod, 2007
4
Fecal & Urinary Diversions: Management Principles
Camphorated tincture of opium (e.g., Paregoric) and deodorized tincture of opium (DTO) both require prescriptions, but DTO is a class II narcotic and requires close regulation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The usual dosage of ...
Janice C. Colwell, Margaret T. Goldberg, Jane E. Carmel, 2012
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The Weeds of God
Mr. Cromwhit is a connoisseur of paregoric. Actually he is a connoisseur of codeine, but he has to drink a lot of paregoric to get it. Pharmacies can presently dispense one bottle of paregoric with codeine without a prescription which means he ...
‎2004
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Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2013 Deluxe Lab-Coat Edition
Can cause delayed toxicity. Has been reported to cause severe respiratory depression, coma, brain damage, death after overdose in children. Difenoxin is the primary metabolite of diphenoxylate. OPIUM (opiumtincture, paregoric) L ♀B (D ...
Richard J Hamilton, 2012
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The Medical Companion: Or Family Physician; Treating of the ...
To this add paregoric elixir, half an ounce. Dose, a table spoonful every hour or two. Pectoral Emulsion. — Take of oil of almonds, or puie sweet oil, one ounce; barley water, six ounces; best white sugar and gum arabic, powdered, of each half ...
James Ewell, 1827
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Report of the Thirty-sixth Annual Scientific Meeting: ...
... background colors with the colored sugar spheres It would be possible to provide a different code for every methadone maintenance program in the U.S. III. Research on Naloxone Combinations with Oral Opiate Analgetics and Paregoric  ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, 1974
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Fetal and Neonatal Physiology: Expert Consult - Online and Print
The recommended dose for full-term neonates is 0.2 to 0.5 mL (0.08 to 0.20 mg of anhydrous morphine) administered orally every 3 to 4 hours until the signs and symptoms are well controlled.319 The initial paregoric dose is dependent on the  ...
Richard A. Polin, William W. Fox, Steven H. Abman, 2011
10
Avery's Diseases of the Newborn
Studies comparing phenobarbital with paregoric (morphine equivalent) showed that 11% of infants treated with phenobarbital had clinical seizures, whereas none of the infants treated with paregoric had this complication (Kandall et al, 1983).
H. William Taeusch, Roberta A. Ballard, Christine A. Gleason, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAREGORIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paregoric is used in the context of the following news items.
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Alleged DWI involving Rockingham commissioner ends in $5K …
Mabe blamed taking six doses of his dead aunt's prescription of paregoric, a medication used to treat diarrhea, which he said has a 47.7 ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
2
Rockingham commissioner admits to drinking and driving
3 on his previous charges, which also includes possession of Valium and Paregoric. A court appearance on the most recent DWI is scheduled ... «GoDanRiver.com, Jul 15»
3
Blessed relief from what ailed you
Paregoric was an over-the-counter morphine product that was often prescribed to put colicky babies to sleep. Imagine that. Three months old ... «Columbia Daily Herald, Jul 15»
4
Growing up poor on Shadow Lane
She also remembers making trips to Buzzett's Pharmacy to purchase for Kimball paregoric, then an unregulated painkiller. The Klassen family ... «Apalachicola Times, Jun 15»
5
Rockingham commissioner leaves Republican party
In April, Mabe received two subsequent misdemeanor drug charges for possession of valium and paregoric, a medication used to treat diarrhea ... «Winston-Salem Journal, May 15»
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Grand jury indicts Rockingham commissioner with possession of meds
On Monday, a grand jury recommended misdemeanor charges for possession of Valium, an anxiety medication, and Paregoric, a medicine ... «Burlington Times News, Apr 15»
7
'Blue laws' kept stores closed to comply with Sabbath day
Stores were permitted to sell one ounce of paregoric, a liquid medication containing opium, per person. "A car would pull up, five or six people ... «Ellwood City Ledger, Jan 15»
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Rockingham County commissioner has no plans to step down after …
On Mabe's own Facebook page he posted he had six doses of paregoric, not the four he initially reported to the News & Record on Sunday. «myfox8.com, Dec 14»
9
Technology struggles to beat thieves
•Schedule III: Steroids and barbiturates such as buprenorphine and paregoric tend to lead to psychological dependence when abused. «Staunton News Leader, Dec 14»
10
GROWING UP WITH ALICE COOPER
... for a few hours, and my pediatrician prescribed paregoric. The “medicine” is an opiate-based liquid used to quell, ahem, malevolent diarrhea. «Folio Weekly, Oct 14»
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