antidote

(ăn'tĭ-dōt')
n.

1. A remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison.
2. An agent that relieves or counteracts: jogging as an antidote to nervous tension.

tr.v., -dot·ed, -dot·ing, -dotes.
To relieve or counteract with an antidote: "Hallie's family life is laced with the poison of self-hatred, a poison that Sam has antidoted with love and understanding" (Christopher Swan).

[Middle English, from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton, from antididonai, antido-, to give as a remedy against : anti-, anti- + didonai, to give.]

antidotal an'ti·dot'al (ăn'tĭ-dōt'l) adj.
antidotally an'ti·dot'al·ly adv.

USAGE NOTE   Antidote may be followed by to, for, or against: an antidote to boredom; an antidote for snakebite; an antidote against inflation.

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noun

Something that corrects or counteracts: corrective, countermeasure, curative, cure, remedy. See better/worse.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Counteracting the effects of a poison.

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a substance or other agent that limits or reverses the effects of a poison.

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Having the properties of an antidote.

• a. therapy — treatment specifically directed towards reversing the effects of a poison.

(an′tidōt)
n

A substance that acts to antagonize the toxic effects of a drug, especially in overdose, or of a poison.

For a list of words related to antidote, see:

• PHARMACOLOGY - antidote: agent that counteracts effects of poison

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - antidot, modgift

Nederlands (Dutch)
tegengif, middel tegen

Français (French)
n. - (Méd, fig) antidote, contre-poison

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gegengift, Gegenmittel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιατρ., μτφ.) αντίδοτο

Italiano (Italian)
antidoto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - antídoto (m)

Русский (Russian)
противоядие

Español (Spanish)
n. - antídoto, antitoxina, antitóxico, contraveneno

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - motgift

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
矫正方法, 解毒剂

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 矯正方法, 解毒劑

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 해독제, 교정법

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 解毒剤, 矯正手段, 対策

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مضاد للسم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תרופה המנטרלת פעולת רעל, כל דבר הפועל נגד דבר לא-נעים או רע‬

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