/par'i gawr"ik, -gor"-/ , n. Pharm.
1. a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
2. any soothing medicine; anodyne.
adj.
3. Archaic. assuaging pain; soothing.
[ 1675-85; paregoricus paregorikós soothing, equiv. to parégor ( os ) pertaining to consolatory speech (equiv. to par- PAR- + -egor-, comb. form of agorá AGORA + -os adj. suffix) + -ikos -IC ]