cantharidate
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cantharidate — A salt of cantharidic acid. * * * can·thar·i·date ə .dāt vt, dat·ed; dat·ing to treat or impregnate with cantharides * * * can·thar·i·date (kan tharґĭ dāt) any salt of cantharidic acid … Medical dictionary
cantharidate — can·thar·i·date … English syllables
cantharides — pl. n. pl. medical preparation of dried Spanish flies, formerly used as a diuretic or aphrodisiac. ♦ cantharidal, a. ♦ cantharidate, v.t. treat with this. ♦ cantharidean, ♦ cantharidian, a. made of this. ♦ cantharidism, n.… … Dictionary of difficult words
