antiperiodic

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antiperiodic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Antiperiodic \An`ti*pe`ri*od"ic\, n. (Med.)
     A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of
     periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in
     intermittent fevers.
     [1913 Webster]