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antidoteRemedy to counteract the effects of a poison or toxin. Administered by mouth, intravenously, or sometimes on the skin, it may work by directly neutralizing the poison; causing an opposite effect in the body; binding to the poison to prevent its absorption, inactivate it, or keep it from fitting a receptor at its site of action; or binding to a receptor to prevent the poison's binding there, blocking its action. Some poisons are not active until converted to a different form in the body; their antidotes interrupt that conversion. antidote Med a drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison antidote [′an·tə‚dōt] (pharmacology) An agent that relieves or counteracts the action of a poison. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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30) Although, as in both Malingre's Moralite and Marguerite's Mallade, Christ here is glossed as "le souverain Medecin" (the sovereign doctor) who brings "l'antidote et contrepoison de sa parole" (the antidote and counterpoison of his word) to heal those contaminated by Catholic doctrine (195), such will not be the uplifting plot of the play. |
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