antapoplectic, a. and n. Med.
(ˌæntæpəʊˈplɛktɪk)
Also 8 anti-.
[f. ant- + apoplectic.]
A. adj. Tending to prevent or cure apoplexy.
| 1697 Phil. Trans. XIX. 468 Bleedings, Purges, Diureticks, and Antapoplectick Medicines. 1720 Blair ibid. XXXI. 35 They are also Pectoral, Anti-Apoplectick. 1755 in Johnson. |
† B. n. A medicine so used. Obs.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Apoplectica..a name used by some for what we more properly call Antapoplectics. |