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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--alexiteric alexiteric (uh-LEK-si-TER-ik) adjective Counteracting the effects of poison; warding off contagion. noun An antidote against poison; preventive against contagion. [From Medieval Latin alexiterium (remedy), from Greek alexein (to ward off).] "[Frantz Fanon] goes on to describe, '...poisons for which there is no known alexiteric.'" David Macey; Frantz Fanon: A Biography; Picador; 2001. This week's theme: words related to medicine. X-Bonus It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. -Thomas Paine, philosopher and writer (1737-1809)

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