[ noun ] medicine used to treat diarrhea <noun.artifact>
Paregoric \Par`e*gor"ic\, a. [L. paregoricus, Gr. ?, from ? addressing, encouraging, soothing; para` beside + ? an assembly: cf. F. par['e]gorique. See {Allegory}.] Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.
Paregoric \Par`e*gor"ic\, n. (Med.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also {paregoric elexir}.