1) Ancient Greek poem
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[poem] The Theriaca (Θηριακά) is the longest surviving work of the 2nd-century BC Greek poet Nicander of Colophon. It is a 958-line hexameter poem describing the nature of venomous creatures, including snakes, spiders, and scorpions, and the wounds that they inflict. Nicander also wrote the companion work Alexipharmaca, which explore...
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• (n.) Treacle; molasses. • (n.) An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle.
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1. <medicine> An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary. ... Synonym: theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle. ... 2. Treacle; molasses. ... Origin: L. Theriaca an antidote against the bite o...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: thē-rī′ă-kă Definitions: 1. A mixture containing a great number of ingredients, used in the Middle Ages and believed to possess antidotal and curative powers to an almost miraculous degree.
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Theriaca are medicinal preparations of drugs, whose taste is masked by mixing with treacle or theriacum.
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theriaca, theriac A mixture regarded as effective against bites by poisonous animals; it contained at one time 60 to 70 substances that were pulverized and made into an electuary with honey. An electuary is a medicinal preparation consisting of a powdered drug made into a paste with honey or syrup.
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