antidotal
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In an antidotal, and almost paradoxical way, podcasts are the Internet freed from pixels.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2014
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This causes imperfect bile secretion and an imperfect antidotal action to the various toxins of the body or to any alkaloidal drugs or poisons ingested.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
The likelihood is that whatever virtue the red clover can boast for counteracting a scrofulous disposition, and as antidotal to cancer, resides in its highly-elaborated lime, silica, and other earthy salts.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
The antidotal character of treacle comes out yet more in these lines of Lydgate: “There is no venom so parlious in sharpnes, As whan it hath of treacle a likenes”.
From English Past and Present by Palmer, Abram Smythe
