cantharic, a.
(kænˈθærɪk)
[f. canthar-ides + -ic.]
In cantharic acid, a substance of the same composition as cantharidin (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
So canˈtharidal a. Med., pertaining to, made with, or caused by cantharides. canˈtharidate n., a salt of cantharidic acid. canˈtharidate v., to impregnate or treat with cantharides. canthaˈridian, -iˈdean, of the nature of, or composed of, cantharides. canthaˈridic a., of the nature of cantharides, as in cantharidic acid, a development of cantharidin by the absorption of one equivalent of water. canˈtharidin, the vesicating principle of cantharides; also called canthariˈdinic acid. canˈtharidism, the poisonous action of cantharides. canˈtharidize v., to affect or treat with cantharides (esp. as an aphrodisiac); also fig.
| 1871 G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. ii. iv. 534 Cantharidal collodion can be applied to the skin. 1875 H. Wood Therap. (1879) 563 A constant symptom in cantharidal poisoning. 1881 Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., Cantharidate of potash. 1786 Burns Holy Fair xiii, O how they fire the heart devout, Like cantharidian plasters. 1873 Morley Rousseau II. 29 He writes..like a pedagogue infected by some cantharidean philter. 1833 Carlyle Misc. (1857) III. 268 His love-philtres, his cantharidic wine of Egypt. 1877 Watts Fownes' Chem. II. 608 Heated with alkalis it [cantharidin] dissolves, forming salts of cantharidic acid. 1819 J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 309 Cantharadin has the form of small crystalline plates with a shining micaceous appearance. 1861 Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. iii. 131 Cantharidin..taken internally, is a virulent poison. 1812 Southey Omniana II. 223 He may..very probably have cantharidized it [the language of a book] to the taste of the French court. 1832 Mitford Parnell's Poems (Aldine ed.) Life 37 note, He has cantharadised the story. |