Paregoric (Noun)
Meaning
Medicine used to treat diarrhea.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The doctor prescribed a paregoric to help alleviate the patient's severe diarrhea.
- In the past, paregoric was commonly used to treat infantile diarrhea, but its use has largely been discontinued due to concerns about its safety.
- The pharmacist recommended a paregoric to help calm the patient's irritable bowel and reduce the frequency of diarrhea.
- Before the advent of modern anti-diarrheal medications, paregoric was a popular treatment for diarrhea and was often given to children.
- The old-fashioned remedy of paregoric was still used by some traditional healers to treat diarrhea, despite the availability of more effective and safer alternatives.