therˈmantic, a. (n.) Med. Now rare or Obs.
[ad. Gr. θερµαντικός, f. θερµαίνειν to heat. Cf. F. thermantique (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
That promotes warmth; heating, calefacient.
| 1748 tr. Renatus' Distemp. Horses 175 The Animal must be warmed with thermantick Drenches. 1768 [W. Donaldson] Life Sir B. Sapskull II. xii. 81 He then pulled out of his pocket a large phial of thermantic ingredients, which he had prepared..the night before. 1860 Mayne Expos. Lex., Thermanticus, promoting warmth;..thermantic. |
B. as n. A heating medicine, a calefacient.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Thermanticks, Medicines that cause Heat. |