DOVER'S POWDER


Meaning of DOVER'S POWDER in English

Pharm.

a powder containing ipecac and opium, used as an anodyne, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic.

[ 1795-1805; named after T. Dover (1660-1742), English physician ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .