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| par·e·gor·ic [ pàrrə gáwrik ] |
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opium-based painkiller: a camphorated tincture of opium, once a major source of opium addiction. Use: formerly, nonprescription painkiller.
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soothing: soothing or painkilling
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| [Late 17th century. Via late Latin< Greek parēgorikos "soothing" < para "beside" + agoreuein "speak"] |
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