Category:Paregoric

Par`e*gor"ic a. Etym: [l. paregoricus, gr. parégorique. See Allegory.]

Defn: mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.

Paregoric Par`e*gor"ic, n. (med.)

Defn: a medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, Camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.