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countable and uncountable, plural paregorics
A painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain; specifically the traditional patent medicine consisting of camphorated tincture of opium. quotations examples
They bought paregoric in the drug store and drank it. They formed a drugged and stupefied line against the side of the drug store building. Studs was so helpless that Red Kelly had to take him home.
1934, James T. Farrell, chapter 16, in The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan
My local doctor promises to accompany me ashore, spare no expense to obtain powerful paregorics & remain at my bedside until my recovery is compleat, even if Prophetess must leave for California without us.
2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton
comparative more paregoric, superlative most paregoric
Assuaging or soothing pain. examples