Found 2 items, similar to paregoric.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: paregoric paregoric n : medicine used to treat diarrhea [syn: camphorated tincture of opium ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Paregoric Paregoric \Par`e*gor"ic\, a. [L. paregoricus, Gr. ?, from ? addressing, encouraging, soothing; para` beside + ? an assembly: cf. F. par['e]gorique. See Allegory.] Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir. [1913 Webster] Paregoric \Par`e*gor"ic\, n. (Med.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir . [1913 Webster]