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English

Etymology

From antidotum, from άντίδοτον antidoton "given as a remedy for", verbal adj. of αντιδίδοναι antididonai "give in return", from αντι- anti "against" (confer ante, "before") + δίδοναι didonai "to give".

Compare with Latin antidotum and antidote. See dose.

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /ˈæn.tə.dot/

Noun

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison (often followed by "against," "for," or "to").
: She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
: We need an antidote for this misinformation.

Related terms

Translations

Finnish: vastamyrkky (1,2)
German: Antidot (1), Gegengift (1), Gegenmittel (1,2)
Greek,
:Ancient: αντίδοτον (antidoton)
:Greek: αντίδοτο (antidoto)

Japanese: 解毒剤 (gedokuzai)
Persian: پادزهر (pâdzahr)

References

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French

Etymology

From antidotum.

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Fr-antidote.ogg

Noun

#English|Antidote

ar:antidote fa:antidote fr:antidote io:antidote id:antidote nl:antidote ru:antidote fi:antidote sv:antidote ta:antidote te:antidote vi:antidote tr:antidote

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Antidote \An"ti*dote\ ([a^]n"t[i^]*d[=o]t), n. [L. antidotum,
Gr. 'anti`doton (sc. fa`rmakon), fr. 'anti`dotos given
against; 'anti` against + dido`nai to give: cf. F. antidote.
See Dose, n.]
1. A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of
anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with
against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to,
poison.
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2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to
counteract evil which something else might produce.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Antidote \An"ti*dote\, v. t.
1. To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or
taking an antidote.
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Nor could Alexander himself . . . antidote . . . the
poisonous draught, when it had once got into his
veins. --South.
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2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote.
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WordNet antidote
n : a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
[syn: counterpoison]

Moby Dictionary
alexipharmic , antacid , antiserum , antitoxin , antivenin , backfire ,
buffer , corrective , counteractant , counteractive , counteragent ,
counterirritant , countermeasure , counterpoison , counterstep , cure ,
drug , medicament , medication , medicine , neutralizer , nullifier ,
offset , preventative , preventive , prophylactic , remedy , specific ,
theriac , theriaca