"antidotary" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: antidote + -ary Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|antidote|ary}} antidote + -ary Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} antidotary (not comparable)
  1. (pharmacology) Relating to or being an antidote, antidotal. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical effects, Books, Pharmacology, Pharmacy
    Sense id: en-antidotary-en-adj-~2wkcLpt Disambiguation of Books: 36 25 39 Disambiguation of Pharmacology: 77 3 20 Disambiguation of Pharmacy: 76 4 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ary Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 6 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 7 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 45 17 38 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Noun

Forms: antidotaries [plural]
Etymology: antidote + -ary Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|antidote|ary}} antidote + -ary Head templates: {{en-noun}} antidotary (plural antidotaries)
  1. (obsolete) An antidote. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Books
    Sense id: en-antidotary-en-noun-hiPnv1bv Disambiguation of Books: 36 25 39 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ary Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 45 17 38
  2. (historical) A book of antidotes or pharmacological preparations. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Books Translations (a book of antidotes): antidotário [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-antidotary-en-noun-N07XBTTM Disambiguation of Books: 36 25 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ary Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 6 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 7 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 45 17 38 Disambiguation of 'a book of antidotes': 28 72

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