Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acarbose | a medicine for diabetes. |
| acyclovir | a drug used in the treatment of herpes and HIV. |
| adaptogen | any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine as regulators. |
| albuterol | a drug used to treat lung diseases. |
| aloetic | a medicine containing aloes. |
| aloin | a laxative. |
| amygdalin | a glucoside in bitter almonds, used as an expectorant. |
| amytal | as in sodium amytal, a barbiturate. |
| analeptic | a restorative medicine. |
| analgesic analgetic | a substance relieving pain. |
| anetic | soothing. |
| anodyne | a drug that allays pain; something that soothes. |
| anodynic | of or like an ANODYNE. |
| anovulant | inhibiting ovulation; (noun) a drug that does this. |
| antacid | a remedy for indigestion. |
| antalgic | (a substance) alleviating or relieving pain. |
| antiacne | inhibiting the development of ACNE. |
| antiandrogen | a substance that tends to inhibit the production, activity, or effects of a male sex hormone. |
| antidepressant | any drug used to treat depression> ANTIDOTALLY. |
| antidotal | having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison > ANTIDOTALLY. |
| antidote | something which counteracts a poison; (verb) to provide with an antidote; to fortify against an evil. |
| antiflu | acting against flu. |
| antipyic | a drug checking or preventing suppuration. |
| antiserum | a serum containing antibodies, usu. for a particular antigen > ANTISERUMS or ANTISERA. |
| antitoxic | serving to neutralize poison. |
| antitumor | (a drug) designed to prevent tumors > ANTITUMORS. |
| antitumour antitumoural | preventing against tumours. |
| antiulcer | designed to prevent ulcers. |
| antivenin | an antitoxin countering esp. snake venom. |
| antiviral | designed to protect against viral infection. |
| aperient aperitive | a laxative (medicine). |
| apozem | a decoction or infusion. |
| arecoline | a toxic alkaloid used as a veterinary anthelmintic. |
| aseptic | free from SEPSIS; pertaining to or promoting ASEPSIS > ASEPTICALLY. |
| aspirin | a drug (acetyl-salicylic acid) used for relieving rheumatic pains, neuralgia, etc, and as an anti-coagulant. |
| atabrin atabrine atebrin | a bitter yellow powder, formerly used against malaria. |
| ataractic ataraxic | a tranquillizing drug. |
| atebrin | see ATABRIN. |
| atenolol | a type of beta-blocker. |
| attenuant | a drug or other agent that attenuates. |
| baclofen | a drug used to treat stroke victims. |
| bacterin | a vaccine derived from dead bacteria. |
| bacterise bacterize | to treat with bacteria. |
| barbitone | a sleep-inducing drug, aka VERONAL. |
| bedrug | to drug abundantly or excessively. |
| benadryl | an antihistamine drug used in sleeping tablets. |
| biguanide | one of a group of drugs used in the late onset of diabetes. |
| bioassay | the assessment of the strength and effect of a drug by testing on a living organism; (verb) to assess a drug in this way. |
| biologic | a biological product used in medicine > BIOLOGICS. |
| biomarker | anything that might indicate the presence of a disease or pathological condition. |
| blackwash | a lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water; (verb) to treat with blackwash. |
| botanical | related to botany > BOTANICALLY; (noun) a drug made from vegetable matter > BOTANICALS. |
| bulkage | a peristaltic stimulant. |
| busulfan | a medicine. |
| calmant calmative | a drug having a calming effect. |
| calomel | a strong purgative, a compound of mercury, acting on the liver. |
| caplet | a kind of medicinal tablet, usu. in oval form for easy swallowing. |
| captopril | an antihypertensive drug that is an ACE inhibitor. |
| carbachol | a synthetic drug used to disperse fluids, e.g. urine, retained in the body. |
| carbidopa | a drug used to treat Parkinson's disease. |
| cathartic | something which is used to clean one's bowels. |
| cathinone | an alkaloid derived from khat. |
| cauterant | a cauterizing substance. |
| cisplatin | a platinum-containing neoplastic drug used esp. in the treatment of ovarian and testicular tumours. |
| citrinin | an antibiotic. |
| clofibrate | a lipid-lowering drug that is used to reduce high levels of fat and cholesterol. |
| clonidine | an antihypertensive drug. |
| clozapine | a neuroleptic drug used as a sedative and to treat schizophrenia. |
| codeia codein codeina codeine | an aspirin-related drug. |
| colistin | a type of antibiotic. |
| coramine | a circulatory stimulant. |
| corrigent | a substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. |
| coxib | a drug used in the treatment of osteoarthritis. |
| curable | capable of being cured > CURABLY. |
| curara curare curari | a paralysing poison extracted from the bark of certain S. American trees. |
| curarise curarize | to treat with CURARE. |
| cure | to restore to health. |
| cyclizine | an antihistamine drug used to relieve travel and postoperative sickness. |
| danazol | a type of drug. |
| dapsone | a drug used in the treatment of leprosy, dermatitis, etc. |
| deliriant | of a drug, causing delirium. |
| deprenyl | a drug that combats the effects of ageing. |
| diacodion diacodium | a syrup of poppies. |
| diazepam | a tranquillizer of the benzodiazepine group used esp. as an anti-anxiety agent, hypnotic, and muscle relaxant. |
| digitalin | a drug extracted from foxglove, used for heart complaints. |
| digitalis | a heart stimulant obtained from foxglove leaves. |
| diltiazem | a drug used to treat angina. |
| dinic | relating to vertigo; (noun) a remedy for dizziness. |
| diosgenin | a crystalline substance obtained from the Mexican yam, used in the preparation of steroid hormones. |
| discussive | a medicine serving to disperse morbid matter. |
| discutient | a medicine serving to disperse morbid matter. |
| diuretic | a medicine that increases the flow of urine. |
| dosage | the amount of medicine to be given. |
| dose | to give a specified quantity of medicine to. |
| doser | one who doses. |
| dossil | a plug; a spigot; a wad of lint for wiping a wound. |
| drastic | severe > DRASTICALLY; (noun) a severe purgative > DRASTICS. |
| drug | any substance used in the composition of medicine to cure, diagnose or prevent disease; (verb) to administer a drug to. |
| dynorphin | a drug used to treat cocaine addiction. |
| ecbolic | assisting childbirth; aiding abortion; (noun) a drug that does this. |
| eccritic | a remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic. |
| elaterium | a substance contained in the juice of the fruit of the squirting cucumber, producing the purgative ELATERIN. |
| electuary | a medicine mixed with honey or syrup. |
| eliminant | (a substance) causing elimination of waste or abnormal matter. |
| emetic | a drug tending to cause vomiting. |
| emictory | promoting the flow of urine. |
| emplastic | a medicine that stops the pores. |
| emulgent | acting as a drain for. |
| enalapril | an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure. |
| enema | a fluid injected into the rectum > ENEMAS or ENEMATA. |
| epidural | a kind of local anaesthetic. |
| epulotic | a substance encouraging growth of scar tissue. |
| erodent | a medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic. |
| errhine | an obsolete medicine, which caused sneezing as a treatment for nasal ingestion. |
| ethical | in accordance with ethics > ETHICALLY; (noun) a proprietary pharmaceutical available only on doctor's prescription > ETHICALS. |
| eucain eucaine | a safer substitute for cocaine as a local anaesthetic. |
| eusol | an antiseptic solution obtained by treating EUPAD with water. |
| evacuant | a medicine that induces some kind of bodily discharge, as defecation, vomiting, or sweating; esp. a purgative |
| excipient | a substance mixed with a medicine to give it consistency. |
| eyewear | corrective eye lenses. |
| falconoid | an antioxidant found in tea and thought to prevent cancer > FALCONOIDS. |
| febrifuge | something which reduces fever. |
| fentanyl | a narcotic drug. |
| fibrate | any of a class of drugs used to reduce levels of fat in the body. |
| foscarnet | a drug used to treat AIDS. |
| frusemide | a diuretic used to relieve OEDEMA, caused for example by heart or kidney disease. |
| gabapentin | an anti-epileptic drug. |
| galantamine | a compound, orig derived from flowers, esp daffodils and snowdrops, used as a drug in treating dementia. |
| gelcap | a dose of medicine enclosed in a soluble cap of gelatine. |
| genistein | a substance found in plants, thought to fight cancer. |
| glonoin | a name for nitroglycerine, as used in medicine. |
| guaiacol | an expectorant and local anesthetic. |
| guanazolo | a synthetic substance resembling GUANINE, used in the treatment of cancer. |
| haematic hematic | a medicine for a blood disease. |
| haloperidol | a synthetic tranquillizing drug used in treating psychiatric illnesses. |
| halothane | an inhalation anaesthetic. |
| harmin harmine | an alkaloid drug derived from HARMALA seeds or by oxidation of HARMALINE. |
| hecogenin | a chemical obtained from various plants, esp. sisal, used in the manufacture of cortisone. |
| hemagog hemagogue | a drug that promotes the flow of blood. |
| hematic | see HAEMATIC. |
| hepar | any of various sulphur compounds, generally of a reddish- brown colour and often in (former) medicinal use. |
| hepatic | a medicine pertaining to or acting upon the liver. |
| hepatical | pertaining to or acting upon the liver. |
| histamin histamine | a base used in medicine obtained from ergot and present in all the tissues of the body. |
| holocaine | a surface anaesthetic for the eye. |
| hydragog | a purgative causing watery discharges. |
| hyoscine | a sleep-inducing drug obtained from plants of nightshade family. |
| hypnic | a soporific. |
| iatric iatrical | of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men. |
| ibogaine | an alkaloid used as an antidepressant. |
| ibuprofen | an anti-inflammatory drug. |
| icteric icterical | a remedy for jaundice. |
| imipenem | a drug used to kill bacteria. |
| immunogen | an antigen. |
| indinavir | a drug used to treat AIDS. |
| indometacin | a non-steroidal drug used to treat inflammatory conditions. |
| inoculant | any material used in inoculation. |
| inoculum | any material used in inoculation > INOCULA or INOCULUMS. |
| inotrope | a drug for controlling the force of muscular contractions. |
| insulin | a hormone. |
| iodoform | a lemon-yellow crystalline compound of iodine with a saffron-like odour, used as an antiseptic. |
| iprindole | an antidepressant drug. |
| ischuretic | a drug used to relieve ischuria, retention of urine. |
| isoniazid isoniazide | a pyridine derivative used in the treatment of tuberculosis. |
| kephalic | of or pertaining to the head; (noun) a remedy for a headache. |
| ketamine | an anaesthetic and analgesic drug. |
| lactulose | a synthetic sugar with laxative properties. |
| laetrile | a drug derived from apricot pits. |
| lambitive | a medicine taken by licking. |
| laxative | a drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels. |
| lenitive | soothing > LENITIVELY; (noun) a soothing medicine or medical appliance. |
| letrozole | an anti-oestrogen drug used in the treatment of breast cancer. |
| levodopa | a drug used to treat Parkinson's disease. |
| lidocaine | US name for LIGNOCAINE, a local anaesthetic used in dentistry. |
| lincture | a medicated syrup for throat. |
| linctus | a medicated syrup for throat > LINCTUSES. |
| lobeline | a poisonous alkaloid obtained from Lobelia inflata, used as a respiratory stimulant and to discourage tobacco-smoking. |
| loosener | a laxative. |
| lorazepam | a drug used in the treatment of anxiety. |
| lovastatin | a type of drug that lowers the level of lipoproteins in the blood. |
| lupulin | a yellow powder on hop cones, used as sedative. |
| lupuline lupulinic | of or like LUPULIN, a yellow powder on hop cones, used as sedative. |
| lysol | a kind of disinfectant. |
| magainin | any of a series of substances with antibacterial properties derived from the skins of frogs. |
| magistral | masterly > MAGISTRALLY; (noun, obs.) a preparation devised by a physician for a particular case; not included in the standard pharmacopoeia > MAGISTRALS. |
| meclizine | a drug used to treat nausea and vertigo. |
| med | medical, medicine > MEDS. |
| medicable | capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or healed > MEDICABLY. |
| medicant | a medicinal substance. |
| medicate | to treat with medicine. |
| medcinal | (Milton) medicinal, curative. |
| medicinal | relating to medicine > MEDICINALLY; (noun) a medicinal substance. |
| meloxicam | a drug used to treat osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. |
| melphalan | an antineoplastic drug. |
| mepacrine | a bitter yellow powder, formerly used against malaria, aka ATABRIN, ATEBRIN. |
| mercurial | containing mercury > MERCURIALLY; (noun) any compound, esp. a drug or medicine, that contains mercury. |
| mersalyl | a sodium salt used as a diuretic. |
| mestranol | a synthetic oestrogen used in oral contraceptives. |
| metformin | a drug used to treat diabetes. |
| methadon methadone | a synthetic drug similar to morphine. |
| metopon | a pain-relieving drug derived from opium. |
| metopryl | an anaesthetic related to ether. |
| metrazol | a drug used to improve blood circulation. |
| minipill | a small pill. |
| minoxidil | a peripheral vasodilator used to treat hypertension. |
| mitomycin | a kind of antibiotic. |
| morphia morphine | the principal alkaloid in opium, a hypnotic drug used extensively for pain-relief. |
| mucolytic | a drug tending to break down or reduce the viscosity of mucus > MUCOLYTICS. |
| multidrug | involving many different drugs. |
| mummia | mummy as a drug or source of pigment. |
| mydriatic | causing dilatation of the pupil of the eye. |
| naloxone | a potent drug used as an antidote for various narcotics. |
| nanobee | an artificial nanoparticle containing a toxin found in bee stings, used to target and destroy precancerous cells. |
| naproxen | a pain-killing drug. |
| narcotic | a drug that dulls the senses. |
| narcotine | an alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine. |
| nauseant | a drug producing nausea. |
| neomycin | an antibiotic used to treat skin and eye infections. |
| nepenthe | a drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; hence anything soothing and comforting. |
| nephritic | relating to the kidneys; (noun, obs.) a medicine alleviating kidney conditions > NEPHRITICS. |
| nervine | quieting; soothing nervous excitement; (noun) a herbal agent that does this. |
| nialamide | a synthetic antidepressant drug. |
| nondrug | not connected with drugs. |
| nootropic | a drug that acts on the mind. |
| novocaine | a proprietary name for cocaine, as a dental anaesthetic. |
| nystatin | an antifungal antibiotic, used in treating MONILIA and CANDIDA. |
| obtundent | a drug having the property of dulling sensitivity. |
| officinal | tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain; sold on prescription > OFFICINALS, OFFICINALLY. |
| oncolysis | the destruction of tumours > ONCOLYSES. |
| oncolytic | destroying tumours > ONCOLYTICS. |
| opiate | to treat with opium, to dull. |
| opioid | a drug containing OPIUM. |
| oporice | a former medicine prepared from quinces, pomegranates etc. |
| opsonic | relating to OPSONIN, a substance of blood serum making bacteria vulnerable to phagocytic action. |
| orthosis | a device which supports or corrects deformities > ORTHOSES. |
| oxacillin | a semisynthetic penicillin, used in the treatment of penicillin-resistant conditions. |
| oxazepam | a tranquilising drug. |
| oxycodone | an opiate drug used as a painkiller. |
| oxytocic | a drug that hastens the process of childbirth. |
| panacean | having the properties of a PANACEA. |
| paraform | a substance used as an antiseptic. |
| paralyser paralyzer | a paralysing agent. |
| paregoric | a medicine that soothes, assuages pain. |
| pargyline | a drug used to treat depression. |
| patulin | a drug derived from penicillin. |
| peloid | any naturally produced medium used in medicine as a CATAPLASM. |
| pemoline | a white crystalline powder used to stimulate the central nervous system. |
| penicillus | a small pad for wounds > PENICILLI. |
| peroral | administered through the mouth > PERORALLY. |
| pethidine | a pain-relieving drug used in childbirth, etc. |
| phenobarbitol phenobarb | a pain-killing drug. |
| phylactic | protective against disease. |
| picra | a purgative drug made from aloes. [Gk. pikros, bitter]. |
| piracetam | a drug used to treat muscle spasm. |
| polydrug | pertaining to the use of several drugs together. |
| polymyxin | one of a group of mainly toxic antibiotics. |
| polypill | a proposed combined medicament intended to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. |
| practolol | a drug formerly used to treat cardiac arrhythmia. |
| probenecid | a drug that acts on renal tubular function. |
| procaine | a crystalline substance used as a local anaesthetic. |
| prodrug | a compound that is itself biologically inactive but is metabolized in the body to produce an active therapeutic drug. |
| psoralen | a drug used to treat PSORIASIS. |
| ptarmic | a substance that causes sneezing. |
| puromycin | a type of antibiotic. |
| quaalude | a type of sedative, aka methaqualone. |
| quietive | a sedative. |
| quinoid | a QUINONOID substance. |
| quinoidal | of or like QUINOID, a QUINONOID substance. |
| quinolone | any of a group of antibiotics used esp. against infections of the urinary or respiratory tracts. |
| relaxant | a medicine that relaxes; a laxative. |
| reserpine | a sedative drug. |
| revulsive | an obsolete medical term for a counterirritant. |
| rhigolene | a volatile liquid obtained from petroleum and used as a local anaesthetic. |
| ribavirin | a synthetic guanosine analogue, which interferes with the synthesis of viral nucleic acids and is used to treat viral infections. |
| rifampin | an antibiotic. |
| rifamycin | an antibiotic. |
| ritonavir | a drug used to treat HIV. |
| roborant | a drug restoring vigor or strength. |
| roid | (short for) steroid > ROIDS. |
| rusma | a depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. |
| rutin | a drug used against the fragility of small blood vessels. |
| sagrada | as in cascara sagrada, dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, used as a purgative. No —S. |
| saluretic | a drug that increases the secretion of salt in urine. |
| salvarsan | a compound of arsenic once used as a remedy for syphilis. |
| santonin | an anthelminthic extracted from SANTONICA. |
| scopoline | a liquid extract of SCOPOLAMINE, used as a sedative. |
| seconal | = SECOBARBITAL. |
| sedative | a drug that induces a calm state. |
| sildenafil | a drug used to enhance erectile function. |
| splenium | a surgical bandage > SPLENIA or SPLENIUMS. |
| stanol | a drug taken to prevent heart disease. |
| statin | a type of drug that lowers the level of lipoproteins in the blood. |
| stavudine | a drug used to treate HIV. |
| sterilant | a sterilizing agent. |
| steroid | any of a class of compounds including the sterols, bile acids, adrenal hormones, sex hormones, vitamin D, etc; a drug containing such compounds. |
| steroidal | relating to STEROIDS. |
| stomachal | a medicine for the stomach. |
| stovaine | an anaesthetic cocaine-substitute, chiefly injected into spine. |
| stypsis | the use, action etc. of a STYPTIC > STYPSISES. |
| styptic | a substance that stops bleeding of minor cuts. |
| subpotent | of drugs, less potent than normal. |
| subtilin | an antibiotic > SUBTILINS. |
| sudatory sudorific | a drug causing or inducing sweat. |
| sulfa sulpha | any of a class of antibacterial drugs, the SULPHONAMIDES. |
| suramin | a drug used in the treatment of trypanosomiasis. |
| tacrine | a drug used to treat Alzheimer's disease. |
| tadalafil | a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction. |
| tamoxifen | a drug which inhibits the effects of oestrogen. |
| taxol | a drug obtained from the Pacific yew. |
| temazepam | a drug used to treat insomnia. |
| teniacide teniafuge | a substance, esp a drug, that kills a tapeworm. |
| tetanic | a drug used to treat tetanus. |
| tetronal | a hypnotic and sedative drug, rarely used because of its toxicity. |
| thalline | a compound of thallium used for medicinal purposes. |
| theriac theriaca | an antidote to venomous bites, originally made of various ingredients including viper flesh mixed with honey. |
| theriacal | of or pertaining to THERIAC; medicinal. |
| thiazide | any of a group of drugs used to treat hypertension. |
| thridace | inspissated lettuce juice used as a sedative. |
| timolol | a drug for preventing heart attacks. |
| totaquine | a mixture of quinine and alkaloids used as anti-malarial. |
| trazodone | a drug used to treat depression. |
| tretinoin | a synthetic form of vitamin A used as a drug to treat certain skin conditions. |
| triclosan | a drug used to treat skin infections. |
| tricyclic | a tricyclic antidepressant. |
| trinitrin | glyceryl trinitrate, used to treat angina pectoris. |
| triptan | a drug used to treat migraine. |
| troche trochisk trochiscus | a medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form. |
| tylosin | an antibiotic. |
| tyrocidin tyrocidine | a basic polypeptide antibiotic produced by a soil bacillus. |
| unguentum | an ointment > UNGUENTA. |
| urethan urethane | a crystalline ether, used as an anaesthetic and pesticide. |
| valium > VALIUMS | a tranquillising drug. |
| venene | medicine from snake venom. |
| verapamil | a calcium channel blocker. |
| vermifuge | a medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic. |
| veronal | a hypnotic drug, aka BARBITAL. |
| vesicant | a substance raising blisters. |
| viomycin | a drug used in the treatment of TB. |
| vomitive | a substance causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; an emetic. |
| vulnerary | useful in healing wounds; (noun) a vulnerary preparation, plant, or drug. |
| warfarin | a rat poison used also as a blood thinner. [Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation + coumARIN]. |
| yohimbine | an alkaloid obtained from the bark of a W. African tree. |
| zerumbet | an E. Indian drug, related to CASSUMUNAR and ZEDOARY. |