Alexipharmicとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

A variant of alexipharmac +‎ -ic (suffix meaning ‘of または pertaining to’ forming adjectives).^[1] Alexipharmac is borrowed from the following:^[2]

• As a noun, from Middle French alexipharmaque (modern French alexipharmaque (古風な用法)), and from its etymon Latin alexipharmacon (“antidote”) (whence Late Latin alexipharmacum), from Ancient Greek ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον (alexiphármakon, “antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell”), a noun use of the neuter of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexiphármakos, “acting as an antidote”), from ἀλέξειν (aléxein) (the active infinitive of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”)) + φάρμᾰκον (phármakon, “drug, whether healing または poisonous; charm, potion, spell; colour, dye”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain types of adjectives).
• As an adjective, from French alexipharmaque (古風な用法), and from its etymon Late Latin alexipharmacus, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos) (see above).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˌlɛksɪˈfɑːmɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌlɛksəˈfɑɹmɪk/
• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)mɪk
• ハイフネーション: alex‧i‧pharm‧ic

名詞

alexipharmic (複数形 alexipharmics)

1. (pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.

   Synonyms: (all archaic or historical) alexipharmacal, alexipharmacon, alexipharmakon, alexipharmacum

等位語

• alexipyretic
• alexiteric

関連する語

• alexipharmacon
• alexipharmacum
• alexipharmakon
• alexipharmical

参考

• post-exposure prophylaxis
• pre-exposure prophylaxis

形容詞

alexipharmic (comparative more alexipharmic, superlative most alexipharmic)

1. (pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of または pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against または warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison または venom”)

   Synonyms: (both archaic or historical) alexipharmacal, alexipharmical

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