paregoric

Examples

• All

• "When the girls got sick, the doctor came and gave Mother paregoric for the colic."

  Fiction book (1994)

• Paregoric is also a derivative of opium.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I know someone who shot paregoric and shoe polish.

  The Panic in Needle Park (1971)

• Get the Paregoric Kid giving that mark the buildup!

  Fiction book (1996)

• And all I can do is prescribe paregoric.

  Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)

• Paregoric was used a lot in those days for easing pain.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Searching through her house for some necessary article, my father opened a closet door, and hundreds of small, empty paregoric bottles fell out on the floor.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Paregoric?

  The Ice Storm (1997)

• He visited once a week, going from room to room, checking out the widows, using his stethoscope on old farmers' chests, prescribing milk of magnesia, paregoric, and aspirin.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The doctor recommended a small dose of paregoric to help with the child's relentless cough.

Synonyms

C

camphorated tincture of opium

vsparegoric

• Archaic

9.9

A liquid medicine made from opium and camphor that treats diarrhea and eases pain

contains opium but not camphor and treats diarrhea and coughs historically

Surface Forms

Etymology